RT Article
T1 Canadian Prison Environments: A Mixed Methods Analysis
JF The prison journal
VO 103
IS 2
SP 215
OP 238
A1 Weinrath, Michael
A2 Ricciardelli, Rose 1979-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837990700
AB The current study uses a mixed methods approach to assess quality of prison life in Canada's Atlantic provincial correctional institutions. Questions from the Measurement of the Quality of Prison Life were adapted to create scales to assess prisoner climate dimension perceptions, with open-ended questions providing qualitative data. Across eight prison sites, statistical analysis revealed between prison differences and confirmed that prison sentence location did matter. The qualitative data emergent themes also produced several consistent concerns that Likert responses could not capture, ranging from primary needs to service desires. Research affirms the importance of studying prison environments and supports the use of mixed methods, as qualitative data can provide greater insight into the lived experience of inmates and better chart change that is beneficial to them.
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Legitimacy
K1 MQPL
K1 Mixed Methods
K1 quality of prison life
K1 Prison climate
DO 10.1177/00328855231154794