Effects of Prison Security Level on the Violent Misconduct for New Federal Prison Entries

This study investigated the independent effects of security level on rates of violent misconduct, and other forms of misconduct in Federal prison. With first-time federally incarcerated people, this study tested the effect of security level in a sharp intention-to-treat regression discontinuity to s...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gwinn, Jason D. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Harer, Miles D. ; Langan, Neal P.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: The prison journal
Jahr: 2025, Band: 105, Heft: 3, Seiten: 305-329
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Schlagwörter:
Security Level
regression discontinuity
Endogeneity
Prison violence
Prison
Risk assessment
prisonization
Classification
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated the independent effects of security level on rates of violent misconduct, and other forms of misconduct in Federal prison. With first-time federally incarcerated people, this study tested the effect of security level in a sharp intention-to-treat regression discontinuity to separate the effect from individual characteristics. Higher security was independently associated with higher rates of violent misconduct at medium (vs. low) and high (vs. medium) security. This study refers to this result as an “inflator effect.” Policy implications are discussed in the wake of the ban on Federal private prisons, and implications for risk assessment design are discussed.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/00328855251328869