Warissara Sirisutthidacha.. Factors influencing the subcultural behaviors of inmates in prisons. Doctoral Degree(Criminology, Justice Administration and Society). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2014.
Factors influencing the subcultural behaviors of inmates in prisons
Abstract:
This study was to investigate the inmate subculture regarding their prison argot, symbolization, violation of prison rules, grouping by offense; factors affecting the inmate subculture; and the inmate subculture models in the prisons in Thailand through mixed method research. The samples for the quantitative approach were 400 male inmates and data collection was through a questionnaire. The qualitative research was through in-depth interviews conducted with twenty prison personnel empowered to control inmates sentenced to more than thirty years imprisonment and ten inmate group chiefs in five central prisons. Results revealed that the inmate subcultures were prison argot, symbolization, violation of prison rules and grouping by offense within the prison societies. Eight factors influencing the inmate subcultures were tested: 1) definition of offense, 2) duration of grouping, 3) intensity of grouping, 4) labeled by family, 5) labeled by society, 6) labeled by authority, 7) group values and belief, and 8) group status and roles. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that all factors influenced inmate subcultures of the prison argot, grouping by offense and violation of prison rules by 18.0% (R Square = .18) and influenced inmate subcultures of symbolization and grouping by offense by 10.0% (R Square = .10). The inmate subcultures were mixed models integrated betweenthe importation modeland the deprivation model.
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