Racial Desegregation in Prisons

Trulson, Chad R.; Marquart, James W.; Hemmens, Craig; Carroll, Leo

doi:10.1177/0032885508319208

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“…8 More specific to this study, group mean centering the level-2 predictors removed between-state variation in facility environments that could result from statelevel differences in racial segregation policies (see, for example, Trulson et al, 2008). Although we created a three-level data set in order to address all of these issues, it is important to understand that the models displayed here are technically two-level models because they only include measures at the first two levels of analysis (inmates and prisons).…”

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The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

Steiner

Wooldredge

2009

Punishment & Society

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The importance of order maintenance in prisons has generated numerous studies of the correlates to inmate misconduct. Very few of these studies, however, have focused specifically on the correlations between inmates' race/ethnicity and prison rule breaking. Race and ethnicity could be relevant to an understanding of prison rule breaking if inmates bring their ecologically structured beliefs regarding legal authority, crime and deviance into the institutional environment. Using data from two nationally representative samples of males incarcerated in state facilities, we examined the individual-level effects of an inmate's race and ethnicity on his likelihood of engaging in various forms of misconduct during incarceration, as well as the contextual effects of the racial/ethnic composition of inmate and correctional staff populations on levels of rule breaking. Findings reveal that the effects of an inmate's race and ethnicity differ by offense type, and the racial/ethnic composition of inmates and correctional staff have both main and conditioning effects on levels of misconduct. Implications of these results are discussed within a social control framework.

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The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

Steiner

Wooldredge

2009

Punishment & Society

105

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“…In response to federal court orders, both cellblocks and cells have to be integrated. This may serve to aggravate racial tensions (see Trulson, Marquart, Hemmens, & Carroll, 2008). Historically, the inherent racial tension between keepers and kept have been noted in prison studies (Carroll, 1974;Irwin, 1980;Marquart, 1986), paralleling the relationship found in free world studies involving police and citizens (Bayley & Mendelsohn, 1968;Scaglion & Condon, 1980).…”

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Serious assaults on prison staff: A descriptive analysis

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Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…A United States Supreme Court case (Johnson v. California 2005) revealed that correctional officials do not house inmates of different races in the same cell and segregate dormitory assignment (Trulson et al 2008). California prison gangs are racially homogenous groups, and the entire prison society runs both formally and informally along racial lines.…”

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Governance and Prison Gangs

2011

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H ow can people who lack access to effective government institutions establish property rights and facilitate exchange? The illegal narcotics trade in Los Angeles has flourished despite its inability to rely on state-based formal institutions of governance. An alternative system of governance has emerged from an unexpected source-behind bars. The Mexican Mafia prison gang can extort drug dealers on the street because they wield substantial control over inmates in the county jail system and because drug dealers anticipate future incarceration. The gang's ability to extract resources creates incentives for them to provide governance institutions that mitigate market failures among Hispanic drug-dealing street gangs, including enforcing deals, protecting property rights, and adjudicating disputes. Evidence collected from federal indictments and other legal documents related to the Mexican Mafia prison gang and numerous street gangs supports this claim.

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Racial Desegregation in Prisons

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

Serious assaults on prison staff: A descriptive analysis

Governance and Prison Gangs

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