However, the situation and the circumstances in the environment were so powerful that it slowly distorted their personalities. After a few days of the experiment, the guards were too caught up in the events that were taking place and transformed from ordinary, normal young men into sadistic guards. They were incapable to make judgments based on their moral and intellectual knowledge. Same with the prisoners, the overwhelmingly powerful situation they were placed in caused the prisoners to behave sadistically and depressing which later caused signs of extreme stress and emotional breakdowns. All in all, the Stanford Prison Experiment illustrates how authority, unequal balance of power, and the situation that one is placed can all lead to converting ordinary people into committing unconventional acts.
He explores prison dynamics between inmates, and between inmates and guards to discover the forces at work inside the Leavenworth walls. The stories of the guards are just as interesting as the stories of the inmates, but they paint a completely different image of the prison and the people inside it. Earley digs into the past of these incarcerated men in order to not only inform the reader, but to humanize the individuals. Despite the fact that these prisoners have committed heinous crimes and acts of violence, they are also people who come from somewhere. Everyone has a story and Earley exemplifies this idea with his novel.
The prison contained prison cells, a toilet room, an eating and exercise area, a solitary confinement room and an intercom used to make announcements to the prisoners. Researchers observed the guards and prisoners through secretly placed video cameras and microphones. Researchers randomly divided the 24 volunteers into two separate groups. One group was assigned to be guards while the other group was assigned to be prisoners. Volunteers that were assigned as prisoners found out about their acceptance into the experiment when they were arrested in their home or on campus by real police.
Social Psychology Assessment Section A 1) Describe how the sample was recruited in Reicher and Haslam’s prison study The sample was obtained from an advert for male volunteers in the national press and leaflets. The advert included the warning that there would be hunger and hardship. A Full weekend assessment was carried about by independent clinical psychologists which included psychometric tests that measured social and clinical variables such as depression and dominance. Medical and character references were obtained and police checks were conducted. 2a) Describe one way the researchers tried to ensure ethical guidelines were upheld One way in which the researchers tried to ensure ethical guidelines were upheld was by having two independent clinical psychologists monitoring the study throughout and had the right to see any participant or demand a participant be removed from the study at any time.
11: Corrections History and Institutions > Correctional System • Myths & Issues Videos o Ch. 11: Corrections History and Institutions > Myth v. Reality: The Correctional System Rehabilitates Offenders Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper using the information found in the CJi Interactive Multimedia and this week’s readings. Include the following in your paper: • A description of jail’s place in corrections and its role throughout history • A summary of the history of state and federal prisons • A comparison of the similarities and differences between security levels in jails, state prisons, and federal prisons • An explanation of factors influencing growth in jails, state prisons, and federal prisons Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Learning Team Federal Prison Comparison Matrix Create a matrix
Reicher and Haslam (BBC prison study) Reicher and Haslam carried out this experimental case study to examine the consequences of randomly dividing men into groups of prisoners and guards within a specially constructed institution. The aim of the study was to create an institution to investigate the behaviour of groups that were unequal in terms of power, status, and resources. The 15 participants were all male, and met the criteria of being normal, decent and well-adjusted individuals. They were recruited through advertisements in the national press and through leaflets. They were randomly divided into two groups of 5 guards and 10 prisoners with the 10th prisoner arriving on day 5.
Few college students were put in a real life situation similar to Abu Ghraib. “ Some students played prisoners and others guards... the guards grew increasingly abusive”(384). As ordinary college students they sure acted monstrously because of the situation they were in not because they are monsters. This was more part of a social pattern than about the character of individuals. Just like how Frederick was in when he arrived at Abu Ghraib prison.
A lot of research into institutional aggression has focused on aggressive behaviour in prisons, and has led to the development of two theories: the importation model and the deprivation model. Phychologists have proposed two majour explanations for aggresion between prioners and Prisons. Interpersonal factors (Importation model) and Situational factors (Deprivation Model). The importation model (Irwin and Cressey, 1962) This explanation focuses on the personality characteristics that prison inmates take into the prison with them. For example inmates with values, attitudes, experiences, and social
The prisoners know they are being watched all the time. This leaks out into society causing problems. This is because the people outside the walls understand that those prisoners are basically losing their right to privacy. Knowledge leaking out into society causes problems. People misinterpret or abuse it.
The Advantages of Becoming a Surveillance Society by Rey A. Oquendo Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice Professor Loyal G. Evans 18 July 2010 Introduction Are we becoming a surveillance society? In a society fixated with punishing criminals with severity a new trend is taking the place of traditional prison or jail terms; electronic monitoring (EM). We still want to see our criminals receive the punishment they deserve for committing crimes. The problem we have is that our jails and prisons are so overcrowded that there is no room to house everyone inside. This is where electronic monitoring comes into play.