Correctional staff play a major role in the incarceration experience for millions of US adults
each year. While much research has addressed misconduct perpetrated by incarcerated …

While in prison, incarcerated persons can be subjected to qualitatively different conditions of
confinement ranging from minimum to maximum security settings. In this study, we use data …

Studies applying procedural justice to the prison context have largely been quantitative and
sampled men. These studies have explored prisoner's procedural justice perceptions of the …

This study focuses on gender disparities in defiance prison infractions—an understudied
and highly discretionary type of rule violation—which have important implications for …

Reducing misconduct is a critical mechanism to maintaining prison safety. Disciplinary
confinement constitutes one tool used by the corrections system to achieve this goal. Only a …

Much research exists on the role of correctional staff on the carceral experience, but less
work examines how staff influence post-release behavior among those previously …

Emerging research suggests that physical attractiveness may yield outcomes beyond
preferential treatment, such as increasing the vulnerability to victimization during …

Purpose: This study sought to validate the psychometric properties of the Network
Composition Survey (NCS), a multi-dimensional conceptualization of social support for …

Este artículo pretende conocer cuál es la percepción del clima social que tienen las mujeres
en prisión y saber si se diferencia de la que tienen los internos. Además, se intentará …

Using in-depth interviews with forty women in one California prison, the research addresses
incarcerated women's perceptions of justice regarding their experiences with the criminal …