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The Stanford prison experiment was heavily influenced. In a real-life scenario there are always checks, balances and limits to law enforcement, even in corrupt
by dylangs1030 13y ago
The Stanford prison experiment was heavily influenced. In a real-life scenario there are always checks, balances and limits to law enforcement, even in corrupt precincts.
In the Stanford experiment, there was nothing. It was like Lord of the Flies for adults - an artificial environment where things would escalate unnaturally and unrealistically fast. However, even in precincts with Training Day levels of corruption, people in positions of power know that their excesses and abuses still have to have an upper bound.
I'm not attacking you personally on this point, but I studied psychology and have family in law enforcement who have worked in I.A.
- madaxe 13y agoI too have family in LE. All of them have/had major power issues - one joined SWAT, and beat his wife, my aunt, until she left him. Another takes pride in telling tales about shocking abuse of suspects in his custody. Thinks it's funny. Either way, you're right that Stanford was unrealisticly unbounded, but those upper limits you speak of can be pretty damn high!