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- Title
THE PRISON CODE IN A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY.
- Authors
Wilson, John M.; Snodgrass, Jon D.
- Abstract
This study analyzes the relationship between the therapeutic community and the prison code of behavior. At Patuxent Institution, an adult, maximum security institution in Maryland, which orders tiers so that each higher level constitutes a more therapeutic environment, it was hypothesized that if the therapeutic community is an effective treatment measure, inmates in the highest level, when compared to inmates in a lower level, would be more socialized and less prone to observe the prison code. This was found to be the case. Further, as predicted, code adherence and low socialization were related. Correctional officers were also more socialized, but did not differ from upper level inmates in non-adherence to the code. The differences in socialization and code adherence among inmates could not be attributed to length of incarceration, length of sentence, age at first or number of prior convictions, family criminal history, age, intelligence, school achievement, race, broken home, veteran status, marital status, homosexual experiences, urban domicile, or religion. Higher level inmates had more frequently committed crimes against the person. With the exception of age, no factor was related to non-adherence, and with the exception of school achievement and personal offense, no factor was related to higher socialization. Generally, conclusions were that the social organization of the therapeutic community is advantageous in opposing the prison code.
- Subjects
REHABILITATION of criminals; ALTERNATIVES to psychiatric hospitalization; THERAPEUTIC communities; SOCIAL interaction; PRISONERS
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science, 1969, Vol 60, Issue 4, p472
- ISSN
0022-0205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1142009