Coping, Behavior, and Adaptation in Prison Inmates (Research in Criminology)

By Edward Zamble and Frank J. Porporino

Book Overview

This book is the report of a collaborative effort. Frank Porporino and I arrived at the starting point for our work together by very different routes. Originally trained as an experimental psychologist, I had become in- creasingly restive within the confines of the laboratory, and spent a sab- batical year in the equivalent of a clinical internship. I then spent some time as a part-time consultant in a local penitentiary. Most of my time in the institution was spent with inmates with a variety of problems, probably about 50 individuals over the course of a year. Although this was far fewer than a full-time psychologist in the system might encounter, it served as a quick cram course on problem prisoners and prisoner problems. Very quickly my stereotypes about convicts were shown to be virtually useless. I learned that the criminal classes included all levels of society, and that the behavior of prisoners was the same as that of other human beings in a difficult environment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461387590
• ISBN13: 9781461387596
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"