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They have since been published in leading scientific journals and textbooks and have also entered the core student syllabus. It examines when people accept inequality and when they challenge it.įindings from the study were first broadcast by the BBC in 2002.

The BBC Prison Study explores the social and psychological consequences of putting people in groups of unequal power.

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