Joshua C. Cochran

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employ propensity score matching analyses to examine whether visitation of various types and in varying amounts, or dosage, is negatively associated with recidivism outcomes among a cohort of released prisoners.

TL;DR: This paper used group-based trajectory model analyses to identify groups of inmates based on their visitation and misconduct patterns and then assessed the extent to which the development of visitation and misuse patterns are interrelated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a conceptual framework for theorizing this heterogeneity and its impacts, evaluating visitation research, and guiding future research aimed at estimating visitation effects, and systematically examined heterogeneity in visitation and the implications of this heterogeneity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the different kinds of experiences prisoners have with visitation and the implications of those experiences for behavior after release, finding that individuals who maintain connections with their social networks outside of prison have lower rates of reoffending and that the timing and consistency with which visitation occurs also affect criminal behavior.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between one experience that may be especially consequential, inmate misconduct, and recidivism, using data on a release cohort of Florida prisoners and found that inmates who engage in misconduct, violent misconduct in particular, are more likely to recidivate.