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The correctional melting pot: Race, ethnicity, citizenship, and prison violence
Mark T. Berg,Matt DeLisi +1 more
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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.About:
This article is published in Journal of Criminal Justice.The article was published on 2006-11-01. It has received 134 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Prison violence & Prison.read more
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Causes and correlates of prison inmate misconduct: A systematic review of the evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a systematic review of studies of the causes/correlates of inmate misconduct published between 1980 and 2013, and found that predictor variables reflecting inmates' background characteristics (e.g., age, prior record), their institutional routines and experiences (i.e., prior misconducts), and prison characteristics such as security level all impact misconduct.
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Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors take stock of empirical research examining the relationship between gang membership and offending by subjecting this large body of work to a meta-analysis and use multilevel modeling.
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Does prison strain lead to prison misbehavior? An application of general strain theory to inmate misconduct
TL;DR: This article applied macro-micro General Strain Theory (GST) to predict prisoner misconduct in a large southern state to examine how environmental strain measured at the prison level influenced inmates' violent misconduct.
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Deprivation, importation, and prison suicide: Combined effects of institutional conditions and inmate composition
TL;DR: Results of a negative binomial regression model showed that the number of suicides was significantly increased in supermaximum and maximum security prisons, under conditions of overcrowding and violence, and in prisons where a greater proportion of inmates received mental health services.
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Inside the Prison Black Box: Toward a Life Course Importation Model of Inmate Behavior
TL;DR: This study advances a life course importation model of inmate behavior where life events in childhood cascade to predict antisocial behavior during adolescence and misconduct occurring during periods of confinement.
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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
TL;DR: "Asylums" is an analysis of life in 'total institutions' - closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals that focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution.
Asylums :essays on the social situation of mental patients andother inmates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person, and how the person can deal with life on the inside.