Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective by Steiner, Benjamin

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138552609)

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Format: Hardcover
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Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective by Steiner, Benjamin

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective

$170.00
Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective by Steiner, Benjamin

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective

$170.00
Format: Hardcover
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Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with violence perpetration and violent victimization among both prison inmates and staff.

Prison violence is not a random process; rates of violence vary across prisons and the odds of perpetrating violence or experiencing violent victimization vary across inmates and staff. A comprehensive understanding of the causes of prison violence therefore requires consideration of both individual and prison characteristics.

Building on large dataset comprising 5,500 inmates and 1,800 officers across 45 prisons located across two of the United States (Ohio and Kentucky), this book showcases one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of prisons carried out to date. It considers both the implications of the study for theories of prison violence and the implications of the study for preventing violence in prisons. It will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and policy makers alike.



Author: Benjamin Steiner, John Wooldredge
ISBN-10: 1138552607
ISBN-13: 9781138552609
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2019
Pages: 174
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 4.00h x 1.60w x 0.40d
By Benjamin Steiner
By Benjamin Steiner
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Benjamin Steiner was a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha until his death in January 2019. He held a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. His research and publications focused on prisoner misconduct and victimization, the consequences of in-prison misconduct and the use of solitary confinement for sanctioning offenders, and correctional officers' attitudes and behaviors.
He amassed over 60 publications during his short career, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters.

John Wooldredge holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois. He is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. His research and publications focus on institutional corrections (crowding, inmate crimes, and victimizations) and criminal case processing (sentencing and recidivism, and micro- versus macro-level extralegal disparities in case processing and outcomes). He is currently involved in an NIJ-funded study of the use and impacts of restrictive housing in Ohio prisons (with Josh Cochran), and in projects focusing on prison program effects on subsequent misconduct during incarceration and post-release recidivism, and extralegal disparities in prison sanctions imposed for rule violations.

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