Social Structure and Anomie in Detention Facilities: Ways of Convict’s Social Adaptation in Modern Russian Prisons

Abstract

Based on the methodology of R. Merton, which is expounded in his work "Social Structure and Anomie", we have analyzed the main types of convicts' adjustment to detention facilities. The article describes the behavior patterns of convicts, reveals the motivation of behavior of various informal groups existing in prisons, as well as behavioral and group attitudes of convicted and their determinants. The results of a sociological study undertaken in places of deprivation of liberty allowed us to reveal the prevailing types of social adaptation of convicted in prisons.

Women’s Sense Of Self And Attitudes In Places Of Detention

“…It should be noted that the degree of disobedience to internal regulations largely depends on the colony in which prisoners serve their sentence. (Kombaev, & Badmatsyrenov, 2020) Among the convicts, all colonies are divided into "red" and "black". In the "red" colonies, the regime and undeniable rules instituted by the administration are abided by.…”