NCJ Number
4924
Journal
Police Volume: 16 Issue: 12 Dated: (AUGUST 1972) Pages: 35-41
Date Published
1972
Length
7 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS IN PRISON RIOTS, AND A SURVEY OF PUBLIC REACTION TO THE ATTICA DISORDERS AND SEVERAL EARLIER RIOTS.
Abstract
TWO CENTURIES OF PRISON RIOTS HAVE FOLLOWED A CONSISTENT PATTERN. RIOTS HAVE EVOLVED THROUGH SEVERAL PHASES EXPLOSION, ORGANIZATION, IN WHICH INMATE LEADERSHIP EMERGE, CONFRONTATION, WHEN FORCE IS APPLIED OR NEGOTIATION IS ATTEMPTED, TERMINATION OR SURRENDER, AND A REACTION AND EXPLANATION PHASE. HUMANITARIAN VALUES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN CONTROLLING PRISON DISORDERS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, AS THE SURVEY OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ATTICA ILLUSTRATES.