... hardships, unemployment (Mulvany, 2000) high social isolation (Gottesmann, 1999, as cited in Busfield, 2000) and lack of life skills (Miech et al., 1999). As a result of these adversities an individual experiences high levels of stress (Wheaton, 2001), low self-esteem (Brown et al., 1990, as cited in Markowitz, 2001), low self-worth and poor life satisfaction (Markowitz, 2001). All of these things contribute to ... of development is than lower for someone who lives in a positive environment, one that is away from the hardships of life that are experienced in a poor social environment (Mie...

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... related to degree of prisonization (Zingraff, 1975). External factors to the correctional facility have a direct effect on the prisonization of inmates (Thomas & Zingraff, 1976). Thomas et al. (1978, p. 389) emphasized the point that prisonization appeared most likely among those whose anticipation regarding their future life chances were negative. Second, the impact of alienation appeared ... and degree of prisonization, another area of interest within an organizational communication framework. This hypothesis replicated earlier research on powerlessness and prisonization (Thomas & Zin...

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... 1960's. Well accepted existing theories provided by sociobiologists on sexuality, are now being criticised by sociological theorists who argue such "biologically based theories are flawed with essentialism"(Abercrombie et al. 2000: 122). A marked debate has arisen over the past fifty years over which factors should be considered responsible as influences determining ones sexuality. With the sociological angle ... as being flawed by essentialism. This term, essentialism, refers to the way theorists, such as sociobiologists have reduced the complexity of sexuality right down to a single ess...

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