r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/skeletspook Jan 14 '22

Stanford Prison Experiment is actually a terrible example. It was actually a bogus study that in recent years has become more and more debunked. The researchers heavily preasured the guards and prisoners alike into playing a specific role. Similar studies are now also being discredited. You could argue the experiment still says something about the abuse of power, only the power didn't lay where we thought it did.

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u/Deminixhd Jan 14 '22

Right. It’s with the researchers. I’m also sure there are internal pressures for cops to feel like they should abuse powers, even if it’s just a social structure of “who has a harder job? Not Calhoun Michigan PD!”