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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Stigmatizing the Stigmatized: A Note on the Mentally Ill Prison Inmate

K. Anthony Edwards

CYC Psychological Services, Caliente Youth Center, PO Box 427, Caliente, NV 89008, USA

Stigmatization of ex-offenders has warranted a number of studies; however, even more significant may be the additional stigma placed on inmates transferred to mental facilities. In this study, maximum-security prison inmates were asked to respond to 30 items on a questionnaire previously used to assess attitudes of college students toward ex-convicts and ex-mental patients. This study found a significant and positive correlation between attitudes of college students and prison inmates favoring ex-convicts over ex-mental patients on several items. Conversely, it was found that prison inmates significantly preferred ex- convicts, whereas college students did not. This study has implications concerning the threat of an additional stigma placed against ex-mental patients by prison inmates. Examining present practices of transferring inmates to mental facilities seems imperative. Indeed, society’s willingness to stigmatize others for any reason should be examined.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 4, 480-489 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00444006
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