کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
882867 912031 2012 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does prison strain lead to prison misbehavior? An application of general strain theory to inmate misconduct
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روان شناسی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Does prison strain lead to prison misbehavior? An application of general strain theory to inmate misconduct
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeThis paper applies macro-micro General Strain Theory (GST) to predict prisoner misconduct. It is hypothesized that prison-based strain will adversely affect inmates and increase their misconduct.MethodsData from a large southern state are used to examine how environmental strain measured at the prison level influence inmates’ violent misconduct. Analyses will include a group-based trajectory model on monthly counts of violent misconduct for the first three years of incarceration and assess whether the strain of the environment (using a latent measure of prison deprivation as a proxy for environmental strain) distinguishes between trajectories. The analysis will employ finite multilevel mixture modeling with environmental strain as both a within- and between-class predictor, but at the prison level.ResultsFindings suggest that prison strain is positively associated with prison misconduct; however, the magnitude of the effect varies across distinct inmate trajectories.ConclusionsTheoretical and practical implications are highlighted as are directions for future research.


► The findings lend support to general strain theory.
► Prison unit environmental strains are linked to inmate misconduct.
► The most deviant inmates may be overtly susceptible to environmental strains.
► This is the first study of prison misconduct to utilize trajectory analysis.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice - Volume 40, Issue 3, May–June 2012, Pages 194–201
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