TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The effect of prison crowding on prisoners' violence in Japan: testing with cointegration regressions and error correction models
JO  - Shinrigaku Kenkyu
A1  - Yuma, Yoshikazu
SP  - 218
EP  - 225
VL  - 81
IS  - 3
N2  - This research examined the effect of prison population densities (PPD) on inmate-inmate prison violence rates (PVR) in Japan using one-year-interval time-series data (1972-2006). Cointegration regressions revealed a long-run equilibrium relationship between PPD and PVR. PPD had a significant and increasing effect on PVR in the long-term. Error correction models showed that in the short-term, the effect of PPD was significant and positive on PVR, even after controlling for the effects of the proportions of males, age younger than 30 years, less than one-year incarceration, and prisoner/staff ratio. The results were discussed in regard to (a) differences between Japanese prisons and prisons in the United States, and (b) methodological problems found in previous research.<p />  <p>Language: ja</p>
LA  - ja
SN  - 0021-5236
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -