b) evaluate the explanation for institutional aggression outlined in part a) (20 marks)
A.
Aggression between humans has both impersonal and institutional aggressions. Institutional aggression may occur within institutions like prisons, army or psychiatric hospitals. The interpersonal factors - the 'importance model' suggested that prisoners when they get put into the jail they bring their own social history (maybe of violence/aggression) and traits with them into the prison and this then influences their adaption to the prison environment. Irwin and Cressey (1962) argue that prisoners who come into prison don't come with a 'clean and blank slate' that