CLEAR AND COLE:
THE PRISON EXPERIENCE: CHAPTER 11

A. PRISON SOCIETY:  DEFINITION: A SOCIAL COLLECTIVE WITH
TRADITIONS, NORMS, LEADERSHIP, ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS.  THE
ORIGINS OF A "PRISON SOCIETY" HAVE BEEN ONE IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR
PRISON RESEARCH (EXPLAIN WHY).

TWO VIEWS:

IMPORTATION MODEL:  HOLDS THAT PRISONERS BRING WITH THEM INTO THE
PRISON THOSE VALUES OR BEHAVIORS THAT THEY SHARED ON THE OUTSIDE.
HENCE, PRISON SOCIETY REFLECTS PRIMARILY THE STREET CULTURE FROM
WHICH PRISONERS COME.

FUNCTIONAL MODEL:  (ALSO CALLED "DEPRIVATION" MODEL).  IN THIS
VIEW, THE PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF PRISONS SHAPE THE NATURE OF
PRISON SOCIETY.  IN THIS VIEW, PRISONERS LEARN TO "ABSORB THE
CUSTOMS OF TH PRISN SOCIETY AN LEARN TO ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT"
(PRISONIZATION).  GRESHAM SYKES IDENTIFIED FIVE PAINS OF
IMPRISONMENT:

  A) DEPRIVATION OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
  B) DEPRIVATION OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
  C) DEPRIVATION OF PERSONAL AUTONOMY
  D) DEPRIVATION OF PERONAL SECURITY
  E) DEPRIVATION OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

B. STRENGTHS AND WEAKENESSES OF EACH

C. CHARACTERISTICS OF PRISONER SOCIETY

INMATE CODE:  A SET OF RULES OF CONDUCT THT REFLECT THE VALUES AND
NORMS OF THE PRISON SOCIAL SYSTM AND HELP TO DEFINE FOR INMATES THE
CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODEL PRISONER.

  A) DON'T INTERER WITH INMATE INTERESTS
  B) DON'T QUARREL WITH FELLOW INMATES
  C) DON'T EXPLOIT INMATES
  D) MAINTAIN YOURSELF
  E) DON'T TRUST GUARDS

THIS HAS CHANGED; STRESS THAT CODE IS "ACCOUNT," PROBABLY OVER-STATED.
(CLEAR AND COLE AGREE IT PROBABLY DOESN'T EXIST ANY LONGER).
EXPLAIN WHY:
  A) DEVELOPMENT OF GANGS
  B) CHANGING NATURE OF PRISONERS
  C) RACIAL, STAFF, OTHER TENSIONS
  D) HETEROGENEOUS PRISONER POP

ARGOT:
LANGUAGE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OR CULTURE.

GIVE SOME EXAMPLES, AND EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS PROBABLY OVER-STRESSED BY
RESEARCHERS, AND WHY.
ADAPTIVE ROLES
(COPING MECHANISMS):
  A) DOING TIME LIFESTYLE: TEMPORARY
     BREAK IN CRIM CAREERS--PROF THEIVES
  B) GLEANING: USING REHAB PROGRAMS ETC
  C) JAILING: "MAKING WORLD OF PRISON"

Instructor'sS VIEW:

   A) RETREAT/ESCAPE
   B) BURNOUT
   C) "OUR TIME"
   D) "MY TIME"

PRISONER TYPES:

    A) CONVICTS
    B) RESIDENTS
    C) INMATES

PRISON ECONOMY:
THE SYSTEM BY WHICH PRISONERS ENGAGE IN TRADE/BARTER IN ORDER TO
SECURE SCARCE RESOURCES
  A) LICIT GOODS
  B) ILLICIT GOODS
  C) LICIT MEANS
  D) ILLICIT MEANS

VIOLENCE
DEFINE AS ASSAULTS, BOTH PHYSICAL AND VERBAL.

  CAUSES:
  A) STRESS
  B) LIFE STYLE
  C) COPING
  D) INSTRUMENTAL (PROTECTION)

  NOTE BOX ON P 356 OF CHARACTERISTICS.

ESCAPE FROM VIOLENCE:
  A) SELF DEFENSE
  B) HIDE
  C) PROTECTIVE CUSTODY
  D) GANGS
  E) GENERATE RESPECT


D. DISCIPLINE IN PRISON
  [DISCUSS PRISON DISCIPLINARY PAPER]


ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEES
RULES TO BE FOLLOWED
ROLE OF COMMITTEES
  HASSLING, SYMBOLIC POWER, INSTRUMENTAL POWER, ETC
CRITIQUE OF DISCIPLINARY PROCESS

SANCTIONS:
  A) SEGREGATION
  B) GOOD TIME
     A) STATUTORY
     B) MERITORIOUS
  C) LOSS OF PRIVILEGES
  D) REPRIMAND

E.
LOOSE COUPLING

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