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

1
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How many recorded self-harm incidents were there in prisons in 2022?

A

55,000

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2
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What does HMP stand for?

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Her Majesty’s Prison

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3
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What time is unlock and roll call according to the document?

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8am

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4
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What does IEP stand for?

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Incentives and Earned Privileges

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5
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What does OBP stand for?

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Offending Behaviour Programme

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6
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What does ‘bang up’ refer to?

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Locking prisoners in their cells

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7
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What does the term “gleaning” refer to?

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Making the most of being in prison

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8
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What does the term “cultural capital” mean?

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A prisoner’s skills and resources

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9
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What does the term “situational homosexuality” refer to?

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Sexual activity between prisoners of the same gender

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10
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What term refers to over-reliance on prison rituals and routines?

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Institutionalization

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11
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What does “jailing” refer to?

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Participating in the informal prison economy

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12
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What term refers to prisoners questioning the legitimacy of their sentence?

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Resistance

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13
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What are men more likely to do than women in prison?

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Commit suicide

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14
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How many times more likely is the risk of self-inflicted death in prison compared to outside?

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6 times

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15
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What 2 factors affect a prisoner’s ability to cope?

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Individual and institutional

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16
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Which is NOT stated in the document as being associated with prisoners’ ability to cope?

A

Type of offence

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17
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What are prisons expected to provide to assist prisoner coping?

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Purposeful activities

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18
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The document states that some coping strategies may be ______ rather than _______.

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Maladaptive; pragmatic

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19
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The document questions whether prison life is conducive to:

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Rehabilitation

20
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What researcher is credited with the concept of “rejection of the rejectors”?

A

Sykes

21
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The quote about prison giving purpose and meaning to life comes from:

A

A male prisoner

22
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The quote about never speaking before about feeling mentally drained is from:

A

A female prisoner

23
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What offence had the children committed?

A

Sexual abuse

24
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Which prisoner studied Marxism whilst in prison?

A

Johnny

25
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What type of coping is “taking yourself mentally away”?

A

Emotion-focused

26
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What does SID stand for?

A

Self-inflicted death

27
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What do most prisoner do in relation to coping with imprisonment?

A

Learn to adapt

28
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What are 2 coping strategies?

A
  1. Managing time CONSTRUCTIVELY and finding ways of psychological survival
  2. Normatively DYSFUNCTIONAL strategies
29
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2 types of normatively dysfunctional strategies:

A
  • Withdrawal
  • Resistance
30
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What is problem-focused coping?

A

Action-orientated

31
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What is emotion-focused coping?

A

Controlling or avoiding emotions

32
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How do prisoners fill time during core day? What does it depend on?
What do longer term prisons have?

A
  • Depends on security category, function, IEP level
  • Purposeful activities
  • Longer term prisons: voluntary OBPs
33
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What does Ricciardelli 2016 say how we manage time?

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Rituals and routines

34
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What does Irwin 1970 say about how manage time?

A

Gleaning

35
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What does Crewe say about how we manage time?

A

Productive agency

36
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What can gleaning and productive agency enable the creation of?

A

Redemptive narratives

37
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What types of withdrawal cause psychological absenteeism?

A
  • Drugs
  • Food and eating disorders
  • Sexual activity
38
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What sexual activity is found in prisons?

A
  • Situational homosexuality
  • A culture of denial
39
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What type of resistance do prisoners experience in emotion-focused coping?

A

Physical and psychological subversion

40
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Examples of physical and psychological subversion:

A
  • Riots, escapes and assault on staff
  • Jailing
  • ‘Pushing the boundaries’
41
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Examples of questioning legitimacy of prison or ones sentence?

A
  • Censoriousness - being judgmental about prison officers
  • ‘Rejection of the rejectors’
  • Legal appeals and challenging prison rules
42
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When is the greatest risk of self-inflicted deaths?

A

Whilst on remand or in early stages

43
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What factors are associated with ability to cope?

A
  • Individual
  • Institutional/ situational
44
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Examples of individual (imported) factors?

A
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Religion
  • Offence
45
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Examples of institutional/ situational (indigenous) factors?

A
  • Prison conditions
  • Access to purposeful activities
  • Support from staff and family

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