Mark T. Berg

TL;DR: This paper employ an integrated conceptual framework in order to test hypotheses about the link between familial ties, post-release employment, and recidivism and find that family ties have implications for both recidivate and job attainment.

TL;DR: The authors found that the victim-offender overlap is not generalizeable across neighborhood contexts; in fact, it is especially strong in neighborhoods where the street culture predominates, whereas it is significantly weaker in areas where this culture is less prominent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the prison violence records of inmates involved in street gangs, prison gangs and both types of gangs vis-a-vis chronic offenders and found that gang variables were significantly predictive of prison violence only in the full model when various types of gang membership (e.g. street, prison or both) were considered.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined gender differences in the sources of recidivism and focus on the role of social ties and criminal history in shaping re-entry risk and found that the influence of parolees' ties to their parents and intimate partners is conditioned by their criminal history.

TL;DR: Using a sample of 1,005 inmates from the southwestern U.S., this article explored racial, ethnic, and citizenship correlates among male and female prisoners and found that Hispanics and Native Americans were the most violent male prisoners, while African Americans and Native American were the more violent female inmates.