Journal article
The correctional melting pot: Race, ethnicity, citizenship, and prison violence
Journal of criminal justice, Vol.34(6), pp.631-642
2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.09.016
Abstract
The United States prison population is becoming more diverse and comprised of increasingly more violent inmates. Although race has been cited as a risk factor for inmate violence, most prior research had narrowly investigated White/Black differences in inmate misconduct. Using a sample of 1,005 inmates from the southwestern U.S., the current study explored racial, ethnic, and citizenship correlates among male and female prisoners. Negative binomial regression models indicated that net of controls, Hispanics and Native Americans were the most violent male prisoners, while African Americans and Native Americans were the most violent female inmates. The current study was admittedly modest in scope; however, the findings were couched within a broader, imperative sociological framework that lamented the increasing interplay between communities and prison and the role of prison as a social institution.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The correctional melting pot: Race, ethnicity, citizenship, and prison violence
- Creators
- Mark T. Berg - University of Missouri–St. LouisMatt DeLisi - Iowa State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of criminal justice, Vol.34(6), pp.631-642
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.09.016
- ISSN
- 0047-2352
- eISSN
- 1873-6203
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282618602771
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