Institutional violence presents significant challenges to the accomplishment of legitimate
social order in prison. This systematic review examines the effect of psychoeducational …

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with an array of health, psychiatric, and
behavioral problems including antisocial behavior. Criminologists have recently utilized …

Background Despite the high prevalence rate of mental health problems among young
prisoners, little is known about the longitudinal course and covariates of their mental health …

Violence is common in prison and its individual risk factors are well documented. However,
there is a mixed evidence on the relationship between prison violence and institutional …

This paper aims to advance theory and knowledge about prison visitation by organizing
prior studies within a framework of visitation enablers and barriers and examining how …

Objectives This study tests the relative timing of inmate infractions in the weeks before and
after a visit. Method Our sample is a cohort of 823 male inmates who participated in the …

Although scholars have emphasised the implications of social support for in-prison
behaviour, and prison administrators worldwide use visitation as a correctional tool to …

This longitudinal study investigated the self-reported adjustment of 75 young adults (aged
17–22 years) newly admitted to a Portuguese prison, and examines changes, correlates …

This study prospectively predicted institutional misconduct over a 34-month period using pre-
prison factors—intrinsic characteristics an individual brings into prison—stemming from …

The present longitudinal study describes changes in and covariates of healthcare utilization
in 75 young males (aged 17–22 years) during their first year in a Portuguese prison. The …