Purpose Inmate rule violations or “misconducts” reflect offending within a prison, and this
study involved a systematic review of studies of the causes/correlates of inmate misconduct …

At the end of 2010, prisons in the United States incarcerated over 1,605,127 inmates,
yielding an imprisonment rate of 497 per 100,000 residents (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol …

This study takes stock of empirical research examining the relationship between gang
membership and offending by subjecting this large body of work to a meta-analysis …

Understanding and Improving Prisoner Reentry Outcomes Prisoner Reentry is an engaging
and comprehensive examination of prisoner reentry and how to improve public safety, well …

The aim of the current study was to examine if prisoner characteristics (personal
characteristics and prison climate) and prison environment were related to prisoner …

Previous research on suicide in United States prisons focused on the characteristics of
inmates who commit suicide while largely ignoring the prison context surrounding these …

PURPOSE: This paper applies macro-micro General Strain Theory (GST) to predict prisoner
misconduct. It is hypothesized that prison-based strain will adversely affect inmates and …

The importation model is a venerable theoretical explanation for inmate misconduct but it
has not been extended in nearly 50 years. The current study advances a life course …

Rates of disciplinary misconduct and violence among juvenile male inmates (N= 703)
admitted to a state prison system from 1998 to 2002 are retrospectively examined. The …

Extant research indicates that inmates with street gang history are prone for prison
misconduct but that inmates convicted of homicide offenses are less likely to be …