NCJ Number
128211
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 80 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring-Summer 1990) Pages: 83-95
Date Published
1990
Length
13 pages
Annotation
Research was conducted at Albany Prison and Long Lartin Prison in England to study issues of control and order in long-term facilities and the management of long-term prisoners defined as "control problems." The two prisons differed in the amount of free evening time allocated the prisoners, prisoners' freedom of movement, cell association, access to night sanitation, access to sports facilities, and prisoner payment schemes.
Abstract
Albany, the more restrictive facility, basically uses a situational crime prevention approach, the key concepts of which are opportunity reduction and manipulation of the immediate environment. The social crime prevention approach, used to a greater extent at Long Lartin, emphasizes socialization processes. In prisons, the situational approach would include target hardening or removal, removal of the means of crime, restriction on the movements of potential offenders, surveillance, and environmental management. Two examples of social approaches to the prevention of prison disorder illustrate the principles that, while some measure of social crime prevention in long-term prisons is essential, there are costs in terms of increased opportunities. However, a less personally restrictive order also threatens legitimation less than a more personally restrictive environment. 14 notes and 32 references