@article{ref1,
title="Assertions of "Future Dangerousness" at Federal Capital Sentencing: Rates and Correlates of Subsequent Prison Misconduct and Violence",
journal="Law and human behavior",
year="2007",
author="Cunningham, Mark D. and Reidy, T. J. and Sorensen, Jon R.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="46-63",
abstract="The federal prison disciplinary records of federal capital inmates (n = 145) who were sentenced to life without possibility of release (LWOP) by plea bargain, pre-sentencing withdrawal of the death penalty, or jury determination were retrospectively reviewed (M = 6.17 years post-admission). Disaggregated prevalence rates were inversely related to infraction severity: serious infraction = 0.324, assaultive infraction = 0.207, serious assault = 0.09, assault with moderate injury = 0.007, assault with major injuries or death = 0.00. Frequency rates of misconduct were equivalent to other high-security federal inmates (n = 18,561), regardless of infraction severity. Government assertions of &quot;future dangerousness&quot; as a nonstatutory aggravating factor were not predictive of prison misconduct. These findings inform federal capital risk assessments and have public policy implications for procedural reliability in death penalty prosecutions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0147-7307",
doi="10.1007/s10979-007-9107-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10979-007-9107-7"
}