Prison Changed Me—and I Just Work There: Personality Changes Among Prison Officers
Prison Changed Me—and I Just Work There: Personality Changes Among Prison Officers The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. This study examined the impact of prison officers’ time on the job…
Norfolk’s “Model Prison Community”: Howard Belding Gill and the Social Process of Prison Reform
Norfolk’s “Model Prison Community”: Howard Belding Gill and the Social Process of Prison Reform The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. This article explores the social process of criminal justice reform,…
Isomorphic Pressures on Jail Diversion: From Serious Mental Illness to Opioid Use Disorder
Isomorphic Pressures on Jail Diversion: From Serious Mental Illness to Opioid Use Disorder The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. This article explains how jail diversion introduced in one Midwestern county…
Does the Experience of Imprisonment Affect Optimism About Reentry?
Does the Experience of Imprisonment Affect Optimism About Reentry? The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. Desistance research has linked prison inmate expectations with positive outcomes after release, but very little…
The Effect of Time Spent in Prison and Coping Styles on Psychological Distress in Inmates
The Effect of Time Spent in Prison and Coping Styles on Psychological Distress in Inmates The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. Imprisonment can be an intensely stressful experience, and efforts…
Are the Criminogenic Effects of Incarceration Mediated by a Change in Criminal Thinking or a Change in Perceived Certainty?
Are the Criminogenic Effects of Incarceration Mediated by a Change in Criminal Thinking or a Change in Perceived Certainty? The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. The purpose of the current…
Wellbeing and Sense of Coherence Among Female Offenders and Non-Offenders: The Importance of Education
Wellbeing and Sense of Coherence Among Female Offenders and Non-Offenders: The Importance of Education The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. This article consists of two studies comparing female offenders’ and…
The Limits of Rehabilitation and Recidivism Reduction: Rethinking the Evaluation of Arts Programming in Prisons
The Limits of Rehabilitation and Recidivism Reduction: Rethinking the Evaluation of Arts Programming in Prisons The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. Canadian prison-based arts and other programming are limited at…
Chinese Culture and Its Influence on Prison Society: Women’s Experience
Chinese Culture and Its Influence on Prison Society: Women’s Experience The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. Based on interviews with 30 female parolees/ex-inmates and 10 prison officers, this article argues…
Corrigendum to Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members
Corrigendum to Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. Read the syndicated article here
Rikers Island: The Failure of a “Model” Penitentiary
Rikers Island: The Failure of a “Model” Penitentiary The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. New York City’s Rikers jail complex is gripped by a crisis of legitimacy. Following a series…
Pathways to Crime and Emerging Adulthood: Differences between Prison Inmates and Normative Young Adults in Israel
Pathways to Crime and Emerging Adulthood: Differences between Prison Inmates and Normative Young Adults in Israel The Prison Journal, Ahead of Print. The current study evaluates differences between inmates and…