TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Rethinking the Link Between Institutional Crowding and Inmate Misconduct
JO  - Prison journal
A1  - Steiner, Benjamin
A1  - Wooldredge, John
SP  - 205
EP  - 233
VL  - 89
IS  - 2
N2  - Studies of prison crowding effects on inmate misconduct have produced anomalous findings, perhaps because of the cross-study differences in research methods. Different methods are important for several goals of scientific inquiry, but there are advantages to adopting similar approaches when studying a policy-relevant question. A cross-section of studies is reviewed toward the end of providing a strategy for more uniform research on the topic. Of primary interest are (a) operationalization of concepts; (b) underlying explanations for possible effects of crowding on misconduct; (c) the direct, indirect, and conditioning effects of crowding on misconduct; and (d) the bi-level nature of the crowding—misconduct relationship.<p /> 
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SN  - 0032-8855
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885509334804
ID  - ref1
ER  -