ECOLOGY OF PRISON VIOLENCE (FROM PRISON VIOLENCE, 1976, BY ALBERT COHEN, GEORGE COLE, ROBERT BAILEY SEE NCJ-36045)

• NCJ Number: 36048
• Author(s): E E FLYNN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORED BY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM - UNIV OF CONNECTICUT AND CONNECTICUT DEPT OF CORRECTION, MAY 30 - JUNE 1, 1975, DURHAM, NH

Annotation

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF INMATE SITUATIONAL GRIEVANCES AND INSTITUTION PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ON INDIVIDUALISTIC VIOLENCE IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

EIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF VIOLENT INMATE BEHAVIOR WERE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED - NORMATIVE STIMULI, PERSONAL AND GROUP INVESTMENT, POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT OF ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSISTENCY, SUPPORTIVE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS, PHYSICAL SCALE, INCREASED CHOICE FOR INMATES, AND PURPOSIVE ACTIVITY.