NCJ Number
31032
Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1975) Pages: 381-384
Date Published
1975
Length
4 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE OF A THEORETICAL MODEL WHICH MAY BE USED TO CLASIFY PEOPLE'S THINKING ABOUT PRISONS, AND COULD BE APPLIED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL.
Abstract
THE MODEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FROM OBSERVATION OF PRISONS AND FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH PRISONERS, PRISON OFFICIALS AND OTHER INTERESTED PEOPLE. IT IS HIERARCHICAL IN THE SENSE THAT THINKING ABOUT IMPRISONMENT AT ANY LEVEL ABOVE THE FIRST IMPLIES BOTH MASTERY OF THE CONCEPTS CONTAINED IN LOWER LEVELS AND A PROGRESSION THROUGH THE LOWER LEVELS TO THE LEVEL BEING USED. THE BASIC ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING THIS MODEL IS THAT ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY INVOLVED OR NOT, INITIALLY THINK ABOUT PRISON AND IMPRISONMENT AT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF CONCEPTUALISATION AND EITHER FIXATE AT THAT LEVEL OR PROGRESS TO ONE OR OTHER OF THE HIGHER LEVELS, ANY PROGRESSION FOLLOWING THE SEQUENCY GIVEN BELOW. THE TAXONOMY IS BASED ON FIVE LEVELS OF THINKING, THE FIRST THREE OF WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY RELEVANT TO PRISON OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)