TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Assertions of "Future Dangerousness" at Federal Capital Sentencing: Rates and Correlates of Subsequent Prison Misconduct and Violence
JO  - Law and human behavior
A1  - Cunningham, Mark D.
A1  - Reidy, T. J.
A1  - Sorensen, Jon R.
SP  - 46
EP  - 63
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "future dangerousness" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0147-7307
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10979-007-9107-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -