Search Header Logo
AGGR - 9 - Institutional Aggression

AGGR - 9 - Institutional Aggression

Assessment

Presentation

Social Studies

12th Grade

Easy

Created by

Garry Honey

Used 7+ times

FREE Resource

46 Slides • 4 Questions

1

media

2

media

3

media

4

media

5

Poll

Question image

What is the cause of insitutional violence?

Violent people get put into prison and behave violently

The conditions in prisons cause people to become violent

6

media

7

media

8

media

9

media

10

11

media

12

media

13

media

14

media

15

media

16

Open Ended

Outline the dispositional explanation for institutional aggression and describe how this perspective accounts for aggression in prisons (4 marks)

17

media

18

media

19

media

20

media

21

media

22

media

23

Open Ended

An expert in institutional aggression focuses on how living conditions and environment can affect prisoner aggression. He visits Sharksville prison where there has recently been a prison riot. He observes the prison accommodation, prison conditions and how decisions about daily routine at the prison are made.
From a situational explanation/deprivation model, describe what the expert could recommend to reduce institutional aggression at Sharksville prison

24

Possible content:

•  ways of reducing the negative effects of five types of deprivation (Sykes 1958) – liberty, autonomy, heterosexual relationships, goods/services, security
•   recommend prisoners have more space/liberty, eg fewer prisoners per cell, individual cells, use of open prisons, avoidance of over-crowding
•   recommend allowing access to material goods, services, visits etc to avoid deprivation
•   recommend more interesting daily routines, eg activities (learning/study opportunities, for the acquisition of new skills) to avoid boredom/aimlessness
•   recommend the prisoners be given some choice/influence over their daily routine to allow autonomy/control eg use prisoner representatives to contribute to decision-making.

25

Poll

Question image

What is the cause of insitutional violence?

Violent people get put into prison and behave violently

The conditions in prisons cause people to become violent

26

media

27

media

28

media

29

media

30

media

31

media

32

media

33

media

34

media

35

media

36

media

37

media

38

media

39

media

40

media

41

media

42

media

43

media

44

media

45

media

46

media

47

media

48

media

49

media

50

media
media

Show answer

Auto Play

Slide 1 / 50

SLIDE