GANGS - THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONFORMITY

• NCJ Number: 44501
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: AIMS; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 16 MINUTES, 16MM COLOR, 1977

Annotation

GEARED TO A YOUTHFUL AUDIENCE, THIS FILM SHOWS THE POWER THAT GROUPS HAVE OVER THEIR MEMBERS IN DEMANDING CONFORMITY AND WARNS OF THE DANGERS OF THAT CONFORMITY.

Abstract

FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE ON THE JOB, AT SCHOOL, AND AT LEISURE DEMONSTRATES THAT EVERYONE BELONGS TO ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER. THOUGH GROUPS DIFFER IN PURPOSE, ALL GROUPS ARE SUBJECT TO COMMON INFLUENCES: IMITATION, DEMAND FOR LOYALTY TO THE GROUP, AND GROUP (OR 'MOB') PSYCHOLOGY. THE FILM EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT THINKING, PARTICULARLY WHEN A MEMBER OF A GROUP IS TEMPTED BY PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).