RT Article
T1 Changes in the Subjectively Experienced Severity of Detention: Exploring Individual Differences
JF The prison journal
VO 97
IS 5
SP 644
OP 668
A1 Raaijmakers, Ellen A. C.
A2 Keijser, Jan Willem de 1968-
A2 Nieuwbeerta, Paul 1964-
A2 Dirkzwager, Anja J. E.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1742482937
AB A core assumption underlying deterrent sentencing and just deserts theory is that the severity of imprisonment is merely dependent upon its duration. However, empirical research examining how inmates’ subjectively experienced severity of detention (SESD) changes as a function of the length of confinement remains sparse. This study assesses changes in inmates’ SESD over the course of confinement and seeks to explain this process. Multilevel analyses revealed considerable change in the SESD over the course of confinement. Although individual characteristics are related to inmates’ initial SESD, they are not related to their pattern of change in SESD over the course of confinement.
K1 Just deserts
K1 Severity of detention
K1 Specific deterrence
DO 10.1177/0032885517728902