Institutional Aggression - Prisons

• Situational explanations

  the social environment in the prison can cause aggression
• dispositional explanations 


  the individuals disposition, the traits and characteristics that create an identity are the main factors in any aggression displayed by an individual
• what explanation is the importation model?

  dispositional
• what does the importation model suggest

  that individuals import their characteristics and traits into the prison, when they enter prison
• the convict subculture


  cultural violence being the norm and then continued in prison
• what explanation is the deprivation model?


  situational
• what does the deprivation model suggest?

  that prison causes people to become aggressive because they are deprived from normal environmental factors
• Prisoners are deprived of...

  liberty, autonomy, goods, heterosexual relationships, security
• What does deprivation of material goods lead to?


  brings about a frustrated sense of failure to most prisoners, leading to aggression
• what is the impact of 'lock ups'


  prisoners will be deprived of autonomy and liberty therefore leading to increased aggression -> a result of overcrowded prisons