The _________ model argues that values and norms found in the inmate society are brought into the prison from the outside.

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The importation model suggests that the behaviors, values, and norms observed within prisons are not created within the prison environment itself but are instead brought into the prison from the outside world by the inmates. This contrasts with the deprivation model, which argues that the prison environment and the deprivations experienced there give rise to the inmate subculture.

The _________ Model Argues That Values and Norms Found in the Inmate