Prison Performing Acts

The author chose to go dierectly to the place where this criminals are being redirected towards a postive way of life. What makes this a good fieldsite is that he was able to go directly to the place where these criminals carry out their somewhat normal lives. He was able observe them in natural environment. The observations that the author made were that most of the criminals do not like to go back and explore their past life. They all say that they are better people now rather than to do back and acknowledge the things that they did to get them to this place. He also said that they felt like cowards for doing those harmful things. The interview techniques that the author used was that he just sat down and talked to them one on one. He just casually talked to them which made them more comfortable to give up information even when they were reluctant to do so.The norms and values of this culture were pretty evident. Almost all of the residents did not graduate high school and some have as low as a third grade eduation. This is also another reason they are here to get some help in these ares. They have the same routines everyday that they must abide to like for example, every time they go for their acting sessions they must be stripped of all their clothing to ensure safety. Their values have changed from their time before entering this place to now. The believe in being eduacted and peaceful and changing for the bset to come.