RT Book
T1 Understanding and reducing prison violence: an integrated social control-opportunity perspective
T2 Routledge frontiers of criminal justice
A1 Steiner, Benjamin 1975-2019
A1 Wooldredge, John
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1686477724
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9025
SN 9781138552609
K1 Prison violence : United States : Prevention
K1 Correctional institutions : United States : Administration
K1 Prisons : Officials and employees : United States
K1 USA : Justizvollzugsanstalt : Gewalttätigkeit : Prävention : Soziale Kontrolle