RACE FACTORS IN RESPONSE TO INTERPERSON STRESS AMONG YOUNG OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 41415
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 45-61
• Author(s): A M PERRY; J E HOKANSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: American Assoc of Correctional Psychologists
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT YOUNG ADULT PRISON INMATES DISPLAY AN ANXIOUS, ACQUIESCENT, DEPRESSIVE-LIKE REACTION PATTERN UNDER CONDITION OF INTERPERSONAL STRESS. THIS STUDY EVALUATED RACIAL FACTORS IN THIS AREA.

Abstract

THE STUDY FOUND THAT, RELATIVE TO WHITE PRISONERS, BLACK INMATES MANIFEST MORE FREQUENT ACQUIESCENCE, FEWER REPORTS OF ANGER, AND GENERALLY HIGHER AUTONOMIC REACTIVITY. THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY BLACK PRISONERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)