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LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL REALITY - THE CASE OF TELLING THE CONVICT CODE

NCJ Number
30581
Author(s)
D L WIEDER
Date Published
1974
Length
236 pages
Annotation
A STUDY MAINTAINING THAT RESIDENTS OF A HALFWAY HOUSE A 'CRIMINAL CODE', DIFFERENT FROM NORMATIVE CODES OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, WHICH INFLUENCED AND DETERMINED THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR GROUP SETTING.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR OBSERVED THE RESIDENTS OF THE EAST LOS ANGELES HALFWAY HOUSE. HE LISTS DATA WHICH SUPPORT THE THESIS THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ON THE BEHAVIOR OF RESIDENTS BY ACTIONS ON THE PART OF OTHER RESIDENTS, AND NOT SO MUCH VERBALLY COMMUNICATED IDEAS. SOME OF THESE ACTIONS WERE DISPLAYS OF DISINTERESTEDNESS, UNRELIABILITY, OR DISLIKE FOR STAFF MEMBERS. THE AUTHOR THEN APPLIES THIS THESIS TO THE GENERAL POPULATION, LISTING POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF BEHAVIOR, PARTICULARLY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

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