Deference or Respect? Status Management Practices among Prison Inmates

Autor/in	Colwell, Brian
Titel	Deference or Respect? Status Management Practices among Prison Inmates
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 70 (2007) 4, S.442-460 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/019027250707000411
Schlagwörter	Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Social Environment; Criminals; Interviews; Power Structure; Social Status; Social Behavior; Motivation; Compliance (Psychology); Social Attitudes; Values; Racial Bias; Racial Relations; Minority Groups; Rape; Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Interpersonal Relationship; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Soziales Umfeld; Straftäter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sozialer Status; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Wertbegriff; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ethnische Minderheit; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Interpersonal and intergroup contention is endemic to the social environment of California prisons. Data from in-depth interviews (N = 74) with prison inmates highlights a conceptual difference between the status behavior understood as signaling "deference" versus those signaling "respect." "Deference behavior" signifies ordinal rank distinctions between actors in a power and prestige order. "Respectful behavior" signifies nominal distinctions rooted in perceived similarities and differences between actors. A theoretical model and typology of respect relations based on the correspondence between an actor's subjective belief and normative expectations is presented. The horizontal, intergroup structure found in the California prison system increases the profile of status behavior as marking nominal distinctions. I propose that the meaning of a given status behavior reflects the instrumentality of social situations and the objectivity or subjectivity of standards actors use in their evaluations of others. (Contains 16 footnotes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10