INFORMAL INMATE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN PRISONS FOR WOMEN - A COMPARATIVE STUDY

• NCJ Number: 7270
• Author(s): A E Mitchell
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 110 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TYPE OF INSTITUTION AND THE CHARACTER OF THE INFORMAL INMATE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN PRISONS FOR WOMEN.

Abstract

THE INFORMAL INMATE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN A TREATMENT ORIENTED PRISON IS COMPARED WITH THAT IN A TREATMENT ORIENTED INSTITUTION. THE PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE ORIENTATION OF THE INSTITUTION HAS AN EFFECT ON THE ORIENTATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INMATE GROUP. THE GOALS OF THE INSTITUTION WERE USED AS A BASIS FOR CLASSIFYING THEM ALONG A CUSTODIAL-TREATMENT CONTINUUM. QUESTIONNAIRES AND TAPE RECORDED INTERVIEWS WERE UTILIZED FOR DATA COLLECTION. THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INMATES IN CUSTODY ORIENTED INSTITUTIONS WILL DEMONSTRATE RELATIVELY NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE STAFF, WHILE IN TREATMENT ORIENTED INSTITUTIONS THE INMATES WILL DEMONSTRATE RELATIVELY POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE STAFF. APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES TABLES OF STATISTICAL RESULTS AND SAMPLES OF THE MATERIAL USED IN THE STUDY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)