Prison Journal
SSCI-ISI SCOPUS (1921-1992,1996-2025)
0032-8855
1552-7522
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Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Inc.
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Social Support, Gender, and Inmate Adjustment to Prison Life
Tập 86 Số 1 - Trang 32-55 - 2006
Although living in prison is difficult for all inmates, anecdotal evidence and a
small number of qualitative studies on women's prisons suggest that females have
greater social support needs while incarcerated. This claim is important for a
more complete understanding of adjustment to prisons. In particular, extra and
intrainstitutional social support mechanisms may reduce the inmate-perceived
str...
The Influence of Prison Gang Affiliation on Violence and Other Prison Misconduct
Tập 82 Số 3 - Trang 359-385 - 2002
Most of the empirical research and practically all of the fieldwork conducted on
gangs has been devoted to street gangs. In this article, Bureau of Prisons
automated data were used to evaluate the contribution of prison gang affiliation
to violence and other forms of misconduct within prisons. The authors also
examined a measure of gang embeddedness to see if, similar to street gang
research, it c...
The Relationship Between Detention Length, Living Group Climate, Coping, and Treatment Motivation Among Juvenile Delinquents in a Youth Correctional Facility
Tập 94 Số 2 - Trang 260-275 - 2014
This study examined the relationship between detention length, living group
climate, coping, and treatment motivation among 59 juvenile delinquents in a
Dutch youth correctional facility. Longer detention was associated with the
perception of a more open living group climate, but proved to be unrelated to
coping and treatment motivation. A repressive group climate was positively
associated with pa...