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Resocialization is a sociological concept dealing with the process of mentally and emotionally "re-training" a person so that he or she can operate in an environment other than that which he or she is accustomed to. Resocialization into a total institution involves a complete change of personality. Key examples include the process of resocializing new recruits into the military so that they can operate as soldiers (or, in other [[words]], as members of a cohesive unit) and the reverse process, in which those who have become accustomed to such roles return to society after military discharge.
Resocialization is a sociological concept dealing with the process of mentally and emotionally "re-training" a person so that he or she can operate in an environment other than that which he or she is accustomed to. Resocialization into a total institution involves a complete change of personality. Key examples include the process of resocializing new recruits into the military so that they can operate as soldiers (or, in other [[words]], as members of a cohesive unit) and the reverse process, in which those who have become accustomed to such roles return to society after military discharge.
==Definition==
==Definition==
*1. Chiefly Sociol. The [[process]] of forming associations with others; spec. the [[process]] by which a [[person]] learns to [[function]] within a particular [[society]] or [[group]] by internalizing its [[values]] and norms.
*2. The [[action]] or [[process]] of making socialistic, or establishing according to the principles of socialism; spec. the action or process of bringing an industry, company, etc., under state ownership or public control.
==]References==
==]References==
*Chinoy, Ely (1961) Society: An Introduction to Sociology, New York: Random House.
*Chinoy, Ely (1961) Society: An Introduction to Sociology, New York: Random House.
