Living in prison : the ecology of survival / Hans Toch ; with contributions by John Seymour, Daniel Lockwood, and John Gibbs.
"Living in Prison: The Ecology of Survival" makes a . . . contribution to environmental psychology from a transactional perspective. From a series of some 900 . . . interviews with prisoners and staff in New York correctional institutions, Toch and his colleagues identified eight areas of...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC : Hyattsville, MD :
American Psychological Association ; Copies from APA Order Dept.,
1992.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "Living in Prison: The Ecology of Survival" makes a . . . contribution to environmental psychology from a transactional perspective. From a series of some 900 . . . interviews with prisoners and staff in New York correctional institutions, Toch and his colleagues identified eight areas of predominant inmate concern: privacy, activity, structure, support, emotional feedback, social stimulation, activity, and freedom. On the basis of these dimensions, an innovative psychological instrument, the Prison Preference Inventory, was developed and administered to 2,650 inmates in five major prison systems. The analysis of these data leads to a . . . consideration of the match between inmate and setting, as well as valuable suggestions for the improvement of person-environment transactions in prisons and in other human environments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-393) and index. |