2. TOTAL INSTITITUIONS - An isolated setting where people depend on the authorities of a particular organization (goffman, macionis,2009)
3. TOTAL INSTITUTIONS All aspects of life of residents are supervised by staff members Rules and routines followed and life is standardized (macionis, 2009)
4. FIVE CATEGORIES 1.- est. to care for those thought to be incapable and harmless Ex. – homes for the blind, aged, or orphaned (goffman,2009)
5. RESOCIALIZATION The purpose of total institutions is to control an individuals environment to extremely change their personality (Macionis,2009)
6. FIVE CATEGORIES (cont’d) 2. – est. to care for those thought to be incapable of looking after themselves and is a community threat Ex.- mental hospitals
7. FIVE CATEGORIES (cont’d) 3. – organized to protect the community from the dangers of individuals whose welfare is not the immediate issue Ex.- jails, penitentiaries
8. FIVE CATEGORIES (cont’d 4. – est. to pursue some type of technical objective justifying themselves only on this specific basis Ex.- army barracks, ships, boarding schools, work camps
9. FIVE CATEGORIES (cont’d 5. – est. as training stations and retreats for the religious Ex.- monasteries, convents
10. CONCLUSION AFFECTS OF TOTAL INSTITUTIONS BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE, SUCH AS REHABILITATION, YET SOME INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE LITTLE CHANGE CONTINUING TO LIVE DISASSOCIATED WITH SOCIETY AND THE WORLD.
12. REFERENCES Goffman, E. (n.d.). Characteristics of Total Institutions. Retrieved April 27, 2009 from, http://www.diligio.com/goffman MACIONIS,J. (2009). Socialization. Sociology (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ
