About the book: 2020 / In the 19th century, Italian psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso suggested that criminals differ from ordinary people not only in their thinking, but also in the structure of their skulls. He believed that only people of a certain type end up in prison and they think differently. In 1971, Philip Zimbardo refuted this theory by conducting the famous Stanford Prison Experiment. He divided his students into two groups: prisoners and guards. A few days later, the experiment had to be stopped due to cases of unjustified cruelty of the “guards” towards the “prisoners.” This experiment proved only one social law: a person always accepts the rules of the game. The more a person's freedom is limited, the more controllable and obedient he becomes. The more aggression he shows towards his cellmates. How does a person who finds himself in prison behave? How does his psyche change? And how does he then adapt to society? Read about this in the book of essays on prison psychology.