List and Define the Four Different Types of Prison Lifestyles

question 38

Essay

List and define the four different types of prison lifestyles researchers describe as adaptations to prison life for male inmates.Do you agree with the terminology? Cite reasons for or against these defined lifestyles.

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Definitions:

Suggest Changes

The act of proposing adjustments or modifications to ideas, processes, or behaviors to improve or resolve a situation.

Hierarchy of Needs

A psychological theory proposed by Abraham Maslow that is often depicted as a pyramid with physiological needs at the base, ascending through safety, love/belonging, esteem, to self-actualization at the top.

Physiological Needs

The most basic of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs having to do with the satisfaction of physical needs, including food and shelter.

Safety and Security

Basic human needs that involve being free from harm and threat, including protection of one's health and property.