Pelican Bay State Prison
Social process theories view deviant and criminal behaviors as evolving mechanisms learned through societal interaction. Social development theories view deviant and criminal behaviors as part of a maturational process. The process involves numerous perspectives including biological, psychological, and social, that all occur simultaneously as the individual progresses through life. In this paper the author will examine what different social process’s there are and how they support Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone. The author will also provide different social issues associated with this prison system. In addition, the author will provide, if any, possible ramifications for social policy change?
Pelican Bay State Prison is located on 275 acres on the North Coast of California, 13 miles from the Oregon/California Border. It is designed to house California’s most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe, and disciplined institutional setting. One half of the prison houses maximum security inmates in a general population setting. The other half houses inmates in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) designed for inmates presenting serious management concerns. The SHU is a modern design for inmates who are difficult management cases, prison gang members, and violent maximum security inmates (http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/PBSP.html).
At Pelican Bay State Prison applying the social process theory (or interactionsit perspectives) would best be applied; as this theory depends on the process of interaction between individuals and society for their explanatory power. Social process theories of crime causation assume that everyone has the potential to violate the law and that criminality is not an innate human characteristic; instead, criminal behavior is learned in interaction with others, and the socialization process occurring as the result of group membership (such as gang affiliations within Pelican Bay and outside of it) is seen as the primary route
Pelican Bay State Prison is located on 275 acres on the North Coast of California, 13 miles from the Oregon/California Border. It is designed to house California’s most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe, and disciplined institutional setting. One half of the prison houses maximum security inmates in a general population setting. The other half houses inmates in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) designed for inmates presenting serious management concerns. The SHU is a modern design for inmates who are difficult management cases, prison gang members, and violent maximum security inmates (http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/PBSP.html).
At Pelican Bay State Prison applying the social process theory (or interactionsit perspectives) would best be applied; as this theory depends on the process of interaction between individuals and society for their explanatory power. Social process theories of crime causation assume that everyone has the potential to violate the law and that criminality is not an innate human characteristic; instead, criminal behavior is learned in interaction with others, and the socialization process occurring as the result of group membership (such as gang affiliations within Pelican Bay and outside of it) is seen as the primary route