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Inmate Behavior Reflects Adaption to Harsh Conditions of Prison Life  


Author:  Roslyn Myers, Ph.D., J.D..


Source: Volume 22, Number 01, December/January 2021 , pp.3-5(3)




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Abstract: 

This article examines the maladaptive processes that occur in jails and prisons, and, according to psychology research, create permanent changes in the personalities of individuals in the corrections system.

Keywords: Prisonization; Prison Culture

Affiliations:  1: John Jay College.

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