Living inside prison walls
Subtitle: adjustment behavior
By: Victoria R. DeRosia.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Prison psychology; Adjustment (Psychology); Criminals -- Rehabilitation
Description: Are advantaged offenders defenseless against the harshness of prison life? Based upon a qualitative study of the prison adjustment of advantaged offenders - those who prior to prison possessed college degress and held high status occupations- this book challenges the 'special sensitivity' hypothesis and concludes that these offenders adjust well to incarceration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-203) and index.