Lecture 8: Experiencing imprisonment (coping and non-coping)

Question 1

How many recorded self-harm incidents were there in prisons in 2022?

Answer 1

55,000

Question 2

What does HMP stand for?

Answer 2

Her Majesty’s Prison

Question 3

What time is unlock and roll call according to the document?

Answer 3

8am

Question 4

What does IEP stand for?

Answer 4

Incentives and Earned Privileges

Question 5

What does OBP stand for?

Answer 5

Offending Behaviour Programme

Question 6

What does ‘bang up’ refer to?

Answer 6

Locking prisoners in their cells

Question 7

What does the term “gleaning” refer to?

Answer 7

Making the most of being in prison

Question 8

What does the term “cultural capital” mean?

Answer 8

A prisoner’s skills and resources

Question 9

What does the term “situational homosexuality” refer to?

Answer 9

Sexual activity between prisoners of the same gender

Question 10

What term refers to over-reliance on prison rituals and routines?

Answer 10

Institutionalization

Question 11

What does “jailing” refer to?

Answer 11

Participating in the informal prison economy

Question 12

What term refers to prisoners questioning the legitimacy of their sentence?

Answer 12

Resistance

Question 13

What are men more likely to do than women in prison?

Answer 13

Commit suicide

Question 14

How many times more likely is the risk of self-inflicted death in prison compared to outside?

Answer 14

6 times

Question 15

What 2 factors affect a prisoner’s ability to cope?

Answer 15

Individual and institutional

Question 16

Which is NOT stated in the document as being associated with prisoners’ ability to cope?

Answer 16

Type of offence

Question 17

What are prisons expected to provide to assist prisoner coping?

Answer 17

Purposeful activities

Question 18

The document states that some coping strategies may be ______ rather than _______.

Answer 18

Maladaptive; pragmatic

Question 19

The document questions whether prison life is conducive to:

Answer 19

Rehabilitation

Question 20

What researcher is credited with the concept of “rejection of the rejectors”?

Answer 20

Sykes

Question 21

The quote about prison giving purpose and meaning to life comes from:

Answer 21

A male prisoner

Question 22

The quote about never speaking before about feeling mentally drained is from:

Answer 22

A female prisoner

Question 23

What offence had the children committed?

Answer 23

Sexual abuse

Question 24

Which prisoner studied Marxism whilst in prison?

Answer 24

Johnny

Question 25

What type of coping is "taking yourself mentally away"?

Answer 25

Emotion-focused

Question 26

What does SID stand for?

Answer 26

Self-inflicted death

Question 27

What do most prisoner do in relation to coping with imprisonment?

Answer 27

Learn to adapt

Question 28

What are 2 coping strategies?

Answer 28

1. Managing time CONSTRUCTIVELY and finding ways of psychological survival 2. Normatively DYSFUNCTIONAL strategies

Question 29

2 types of normatively dysfunctional strategies:

Answer 29

- Withdrawal - Resistance

Question 30

What is problem-focused coping?

Answer 30

Action-orientated

Question 31

What is emotion-focused coping?

Answer 31

Controlling or avoiding emotions

Question 32

How do prisoners fill time during core day? What does it depend on? What do longer term prisons have?

Answer 32

- Depends on security category, function, IEP level - Purposeful activities - Longer term prisons: voluntary OBPs

Question 33

What does Ricciardelli 2016 say how we manage time?

Answer 33

Rituals and routines

Question 34

What does Irwin 1970 say about how manage time?

Answer 34

Gleaning

Question 35

What does Crewe say about how we manage time?

Answer 35

Productive agency

Question 36

What can gleaning and productive agency enable the creation of?

Answer 36

Redemptive narratives

Question 37

What types of withdrawal cause psychological absenteeism?

Answer 37

- Drugs - Food and eating disorders - Sexual activity

Question 38

What sexual activity is found in prisons?

Answer 38

- Situational homosexuality - A culture of denial

Question 39

What type of resistance do prisoners experience in emotion-focused coping?

Answer 39

Physical and psychological subversion

Question 40

Examples of physical and psychological subversion:

Answer 40

- Riots, escapes and assault on staff - Jailing - 'Pushing the boundaries'

Question 41

Examples of questioning legitimacy of prison or ones sentence?

Answer 41

- Censoriousness - being judgmental about prison officers - 'Rejection of the rejectors' - Legal appeals and challenging prison rules

Question 42

When is the greatest risk of self-inflicted deaths?

Answer 42

Whilst on remand or in early stages

Question 43

What factors are associated with ability to cope?

Answer 43

- Individual - Institutional/ situational

Question 44

Examples of individual (imported) factors?

Answer 44

- Age - Gender - Religion - Offence

Question 45

Examples of institutional/ situational (indigenous) factors?

Answer 45

- Prison conditions - Access to purposeful activities - Support from staff and family