Open AccessHumiliated identity of aggrieved inmates as a consequence of prison (sub)culture functioning
Author(s) -
Mariusz Snopek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nowa kodyfikacja prawa karnego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2084-5065
DOI - 10.19195/2084-5065.58.8
Subject(s) - prison , humiliation , identity (music) , psychology , personality , social psychology , criminology , shame , hierarchy , sociology , law , political science , physics , acoustics
The so-called ‘aggrieved inmates’ constitute a very speci c group of prisoners, who have been downgraded in prison hierarchy. The paper contains the up-to-date research results within a range of relations between downgraded individuals and other inmates. The paper also includes the description of personality traits of aggrieved inmates and those which are assigned to this prison cathegory The purpose of the research is to depict the multidimensional phenomenon of prison degradation which leads to humiliation of low-status individuals’ identity.