Organizational Structure as a Determinant of Prisonization: An Analysis of the Consequences of Alienation

The literature on prisonization has shown that this assimilative process does not necessarily imply movement into an oppositional, hostile, or negativistic normative system. Instead, variations in organizational control structures appear to significantly alter the types of adaptations made by inmate...

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Published in:Pacific Sociological Review 1976-01, Vol.19 (1), p.98-116
Main Authors: Thomas, Charles W., Zingraff, Matthew T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alienation
Correctional institutions
Criminology
Modeling
Normativity
Organizational structure
Prisoners
Prisonization
Prisons
Social issues
Socialization
Standard deviation
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Summary:The literature on prisonization has shown that this assimilative process does not necessarily imply movement into an oppositional, hostile, or negativistic normative system. Instead, variations in organizational control structures appear to significantly alter the types of adaptations made by inmates. The analysis, based on data obtained from a sample of 267 juveniles who were confined in a custodially-oriented institution for delinquent males, shows that both general and structurally-generated alienation are directly related to levels of prisonization. This analysis also shows that variables not directly related to the structure of the organization exert significant influences on both levels of alienation and prisonization.
ISSN:0030-8919
0731-1214
1533-8673
DOI:10.2307/1388745