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    seen in Shawshank? Key questions What steps are being taken to control and prevent violence around the world and what is being done in new Zealand What kind of incidents are common in New Zealand regarding violence in prisons What influences prisoners to commit these violent acts in prison How effective are programs in place to prevent violence in prisons What steps are being taken to control and prevent violence in prisons around the world and what is being done in New Zealand? Prisons are

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    Stanford Prison Experiment

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    Does prison make the inner demon come out in the prisoner/guard or is the prisoner /guard already wired that way? The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. This experiment was led by a psychology professor named Philip Zimbardo‚ he had the help of a team of researchers. The purpose of this particular experiment was to induce disorientation‚ depersonalization‚ and DE individualization in the participants. After a period of time

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    contentment would be the prisoners kept in the cave. People who are labeled as rebels and even activist for a cause could be considered as the freed prisoner. Accepting the true reality is a difficult task‚ but it’s better than being arrogant and staying in a comfort zone. To begin‚ during the first stage all of the prisoners were kept chained in a cave and given one perception. The video informs about the prisoners having no knowledge of the outside world.In the video‚ the freed prisoner gradually adjusts

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    Detrimental Effects Solitary confinement‚ a tortuous punishment dating back to 1829‚ is much alive and still in use in prisons around the world. Prisoners that are put into solitary confinement spend at least 23 hours in a small closet sized room with little to no contact with other human beings and no way to exercise their minds. In these poor conditions‚ prisoners find it easy to lose a grip on reality; they suffer from a wide range of things including‚ insomnia‚ distortion of perception‚ hallucinations

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    Access to Higher Education and International Foundation Option Psychology KEY STUDY: The Stanford Prison Experiment. A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. This Study‚ led by Philip Zimbardo‚ describes a famous experiment which has been the subject of much discussion and controversy. From this it is intended to examine ethical principles‚ the experiment as a research method and some of the issues involved in observation. AIM AND NATURE OF THE STUDY This study is an excerpt

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    The Prison System

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    see it as a time to punish that individual for the offense they were put there for. As knowledge of how these prisoners live becomes more public information‚ and argument has arisen on whether they are placed in prison for punishment or for rehabilitation. The prison system should be used for rehabilitation. Everyday life of an inmate is miserable for most of them. Some of the prisoners have regrets‚ others just look forward to returning to their life of crime‚ and a very few amount seem to just

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    George Jackson Case

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    famous political prisoner in the 70’s and leader of the Black Panther Party was incarcerated at San Quentin Prison in California. He was killed by the State on August 21‚ 1971. Because of this Attica inmates organized a hunger strike and wore black arm bands. George Jackson’s revolutionary writings in his book he had written “Soledad Brother” was passed from inmate to inmate inside Attica State Prison‚ which had an enormous impact on the prisoners awareness of their

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    study of human responses to captivity and its behavioral effects on both authorities and inmates in prison. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of psychologists led by Philip Zimbardo. Undergraduate volunteers played the roles of both guards and prisoners living in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. The experiment was intended to last two weeks but was cut short due to the rapid and alarming results it had received. The Participants/ Setting/ Procedures of the Study

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    Fake prisoners and fake guards in a spurious jail is a peculiar way to determine roles in society. Philip G. Zimbardo was the mastermind of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ which was a psychological experiment that determined the roles of members in a society that became a fiasco (“Philip G. Zimbardo” 1). The experiment left emotional and mental scars on mock-prisoner lives. The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) illustrates the way a person changes when a label and power is all of a sudden given to

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    Chao Peng Professor Rob Drummond WR 121 English Composition II of Oregon State University 22 February 2013 Should a Prisoner Be on the Waiting List of Organ Transplant? When both a prisoner and a non-criminal need an organ transplant‚ how can a doctor make the decision? Doctors have an ethical duty to save all patients. No matter what kind of patients they encounter‚ a cruel killer or an innocent victim‚ they should treat them in the same way. In many Hong Kong movies about gangsters‚ doctors

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