STUDY OF THE ADJUSTIVE BEHAVIOR OF PRISON INMATES TO INCARCERATION

• NCJ Number: 7280
• Author(s): M MORELLO
• Date Published: 1958
• Length: 122 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

THE INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY STRUCTURES OF INMATES IN A PENNSYLVANIA PRISON WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE ANY CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF STRUCTURALIZATIONS DURING INCARCERATION.

Abstract

THE TOTAL POPULATION AS OF JANUARY 31, 1957, IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY STATE PENITENITARY WAS REVIEWED, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH EACH INMATE HAD SERVED WAS CALCULATED. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WERE THEN ADMINISTERED TO A SAMPLE OF THE PRISONERS TO DETERMINE THEIR REACTIVE AND ADJUSTIVE TECHNIQUES. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ADJUSTMENT OF INMATES TO PRISON WAS MALADAPTIVE IN NATURE. MORE SUBJECTS IN THE NONCAUCASIAN GROUP BECAME INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE AS THE LENGTH OF INCARCERATION INCREASED. MORE SUBJECTS IN THE CAUCASIAN GROUP BECAME INCREASINGLY NON-CONFORMING AS THEIR TIME IN PRISON INCREASED. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS TEST SAMPLES. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PROVIDED.