COPING BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTATION IN PRISON INMATESPDF电子书下载

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Theory and Context: Understanding the Causes of Behavior 2

Interaction and Action 4

Sociological Analyses of Imprisonment 7

Psychological Effects of Imprisonment 9

Other Consequences of Imprisonment 12

Coping Theory 12

Chapter 2 The Study: Design, Methods, Materials 16

Aims: What This Study Tried to Accomplish 16

Design Overview 17

Setting 20

Measures and Materials 23

Chapter 3 Subjects: Selection and Characteristics 32

Selection and Recruitment 32

Characteristics: Sentences, Offenses, Criminal History 34

Social and Economic Background 36

Personal History 39

Chapter 4 Lifestyle and Behavior on the Outside 42

Time and Planning 42

Socialization 46

Criminal Activities 48

Chapter 5 Problems and Coping on the Outside 51

The Problems of Subjects 51

First Impressions of Coping 53

Categories of Coping Responses 55

The Quality of Coping 65

Relationships Between Measurement Types 70

Some Hypotheses 72

Chapter 6 The Impact of Imprisonment 76

Disruptions 76

Negative Effects 83

Positive Effects 86

Chapter 7 Coping in Prison 90

Problems in Prison 90

Coping in Prison: Categories 92

The Quality of Coping in Prison 98

Coping and Previous Imprisonment 101

Chapter 8 The Impact of Imprisonment.Ⅱ—Changes over Time 103

Test-Retest Correlations 103

Short-Term Changes 104

General Lifestyle and Behavior Patterns 104

Problems and Coping 107

Emotional Adjustment 109

The Closing Window 111

Summary: Behavior and Coping After Acclimation 112

One Year Later 115

New Changes 115

Continuing Changes 116

Problems and Coping 120

Summary: The Effects of Longer-term Imprisonment 122

Chapter 9 Circumstances: Some Major Personal and Environmental Variables 124

Differences Across Institutions 124

Length of Sentence 127

Chapter 10 Predicting Adaptation 132

Outcome Criteria 132

Core Variables and Simple Correlations 135

Predictive Analyses 138

Some Consequences 143

Chapter 11 Conclusions: What Prisons Do and Don't Do 145

What Prisons Do Not Do: The Breaking Ground 146

What Prisons Do: The Deep Freeze 149

Changing the Prison Experience 155

References 156

Appendices 166

Author Index 199

Subject Index 202