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Student Credentials
3/28/2020

Criminology 1
PART I: THE EXPERIENCE OF NCARCERATION
Prison as a total institution (2 points)
1. Boarding schools: Every possible aspect related for functioning of life is provided in
Boarding schools as well.
2. Orphanages: Children can live, play, eat and do everything in orphanages as per the
budget they are allocated and spend their lives without intrusion from outside until they are
sent to foster homes.
Prison Subculture, Roles and Argot (4 points)
Answer: It is due to lack of many aspects in relation with social skills, deprivation of goods
and services as well as their attitude towards life and behaviour that changes as a part of
growing up in the prisons.
Give an example of a “role” and “argot” that belongs to prison subculture:
Role: it refers to the actual role inmates play as in working as a cook or janitor.
Argot: It refers to pet names that are given to individuals based on their nature or behaviour.
Power and Status in Prison Subculture (2 points)
Low status: Refers to people with less connection or minor crimes or even the ones who get
bullied
High status: It refers to individuals who have the ability to convince people or influence
them or have connections through which they can bring goods in or out or bully people based
on their gang connections and as such.
Violence in Prison (2 points)
Describe 2 strategies that inmates adopt to improve their own personal security while in

Criminology 2
prison:
1 Alliance Strategies
2 Individual Strategy
Strain (2 points)
1 strict policing
2 Discrimination based on race and ethnicity
Deprivation (2 points)
1 Loss of autonomy
2 Lack of freedom of movement
Support, Rehabilitation and Release (2 points)
1 Mental Health treatment
2 Drug treatment
PART II: PRISON DEMOGRAPHICS
Health Care in Prison (5 points)
Identify 2 health indicators that show the poorer health outcomes of prison inmates:
1 morality
2 mental, sexual and physical health
If you were the Correctional Investigator of Canada, what are three recommendations
you would make to improve the health outcomes for men and women who serve a
sentence in prison?
1 Drug treatment
2 mental health assistance
3 improvement of safety within imprisons