Question

Write short note.

Resocialization.

Answer 1

1. Resocialisation is the process of unlearning old norms, roles, values, and behavioural patterns and learning new patterns.
2. Sometimes an individual is caught in a situation where he has to break away from earlier way of life and internalise radically different norms and values. It involves complete alteration of the earlier lifestyle and thinking.
3. The new way of life is not only different but also incompatible with the earlier one. So, he has to completely re-engineer one’s sense of social values, beliefs and norms. The basis of resocialisation is to unlearn and then relearn.
4. Severity of resocialisation depends on the context in which it is carried out. Resocialisation in total institutions is severe and difficult.
5. E.g. When an individual is in prison, he must accommodate with the norms of living there. He has to learn new values, attitudes, and skills defined as adequate, according to the norms of prison.
6. Hence, resocialisation involves a process of tearing down and rebuilding an individual’s role and socially constructed sense of self.
7. Resocialisation is often a deliberate and an intense social process.