The Effect of Facility Security Classification on Serious Rules Violation Reports in California Prisons: A Regression Discontinuity Design

Prison facility security classification is intended to recognize differences across inmates with regard to the propensity to commit misconduct and to appropriately house inmates with varying levels of violent and/or antisocial behavior while they are incarcerated. The intent of security classificati...

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1. VerfasserIn: Tahamont, Sarah (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 35, Heft: 4, Seiten: 767-796
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Regression Discontinuity
Administrative data
Prison misconduct
Corrections
Regression discontinuity
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Zusammenfassung:Prison facility security classification is intended to recognize differences across inmates with regard to the propensity to commit misconduct and to appropriately house inmates with varying levels of violent and/or antisocial behavior while they are incarcerated. The intent of security classification is to increase safety for staff and other inmates, but little is known about the effect of security classification on prison misconduct.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09405-0