The Effect of Importation and Deprivation Factors on Violent Misconduct: An Examination of Black and Latino Youth in Prison

Tasca, Melinda; Griffin, M. L.; Rodríguez, Nancy

doi:10.1177/1541204010366619

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“…Inmate disturbances and institutional disorder increase with the concentration of gangs in correctional facilities (Useem and Reisig, 1999). Inmates who affiliate with gangs are responsible for a disproportionately large portion of institutional misconduct, particularly violence (Griffin and Hepburn, 2006;Huebner, 2003;Shelden, 1991;Tasca, Griffin, and Rodriguez, 2010). Gangs also present less apparent challenges to the management of facilities, such as the administration of programming and inmate housing arrangements complicated by intergang rivalries (Crouch and Marquart, 1989;DiIulio, 1990;Mears, 2005;Toch, 2007;Trulson, Marquart, and Kawucha, 2006).…”

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Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix*

2017

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Gang members are overrepresented among incarcerated populations in the United States. The link between incarceration and gang membership is beyond dispute, but serious questions remain about the causal mechanisms underlying this relationship. In this study, we develop and test theoretical models—origination, manifestation, and intensification—that focus on whether gang membership is exogenous or endogenous to incarceration. We used 7 years of monthly life calendar data nested within an 11‐wave longitudinal study of 1,336 serious offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix to examine the effects of incarceration on gang membership. Multilevel models indicated that offenders were more likely to be in gangs while incarcerated in jail and prison settings than when not, although longer spells of incarceration corresponded with prolonged gang membership only in Phoenix. Incarceration in juvenile facilities maintained adverse between‐ and within‐individual effects on gang membership only in Phoenix. Additional descriptive findings revealed that gang status was durable to transitions into and out of incarcerated settings, and that more offenders exited than entered gangs while incarcerated. We situate these findings within our theoretical models and the body of knowledge on incarceration, concluding with a call for future research that is focused on the symbiosis between gangs in street and incarcerated settings.

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Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix*

2017

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“…However, it should be noted that for the majority of these studies, the samples consisted of either predominately or only male offenders. Male gender (Kuanliang & Sorensen, 2008), antisocial attitudes (Arbach-Lucioni, Martinez-García, & Andrés-Pueyo, 2012), antisocial behaviour (Gendreau, Goggin & Law, 1997), mental health issues (Kuanliang & Sorensen, 2008), substance use/abuse problems (Arbach-Lucioni et al, 2012), and gang membership (Tasca, Griffin & Rodriguez, 2010) have also been found to contribute to institutional misconducts.…”

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Women Offender Assessment: Can Gender-Informed Variables Improve Prediction of Institutional Outcomes?

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The Custody Rating Scale (CRS) is utilized by Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) in classification of women offenders; it is gender-neutral. The purpose of the study was to examine if gender-informed domains predict misconducts in women offenders. Gender-informed items that were predictive were used to create the Gender-Informed Version 1 Continuous, Gender-Informed Version 2 Continuous, Gender-Informed Version 1 Trichotomized and Gender-Informed Version 2 Trichotomized scales. The scales were tested to determine if they yield incremental predictive validity beyond the CRS. A sample of 1,528 federally sentenced women was analyzed. Results found addition of gender-informed variables improved the incremental predictive validity of the CRS. This was found for non-Indigenous offenders, but results for Indigenous offenders were mixed. Findings supported the inclusion of gender-informed factors to the CRS. Implications for CSC and future research directions are discussed.

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“…Numerous studies have examined sex differences in factors, such as age, contributing to prison misconduct (Berg & DeLisi, 2006;Camp et al, 2003;Craddock 1996;Gover, Pérez, & Jennings, 2008;Jiang & Winfree, 2006;McClellan, 1994); however, most studies focus on male only samples (Cunningham & Sorensen, 2007;DeLisi et al, 2011;Harer & Steffensmeier, 1996;Kuanliang, Sorensen, & Cunningham, 2008;McReynolds & Wasserman, 2008;McShane & Williams, 1989;Morris et al, 2010;Steiner & Wooldredge, 2008;Tasca, Griffin, & Rodriguez, 2010) and a small number examine female only samples (Blackburn & Trulson, 2010;Houser, Belenko, & Brennan, 2012;Pollock, Mullings, & Crouch, 2006;Steiner & Wooldredge, 2009b). Much less empirical attention has been paid to the sex differences in prison misconduct and especially the conditioning effect sex may have on the age-misconduct relationship.…”

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Reexamining the Age-Misconduct Curve: Interaction Effects of Sex and Race/Ethnicity

Valentine¹

2018

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Numerous studies have focused on age as one of the most robust correlates of prison misconduct, with younger inmates more likely to commit disciplinary infractions compared to their older counterparts. However, less empirical attention has been paid to the conditioning effects of additional demographic variables such as sex or race/ethnicity on the agemisconduct relationship. The current study, thus, further extends prior research on age and prison misconduct by examining potential interaction effects between age and sex (i.e., male and female), and separately, between age and race/ethnicity (i.e., non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic). Negative binominal regression models are used to examine 137,552 inmates admitted to state prison in Florida from 1995-2000. Analyses indicate that overall, there are no substantial differences between males and females or between racial/ethnic categories when examining the relationship between age and prison misconduct. However, the youngest offenders warrant some attention for their visible differences in levels of misconduct for both males and females and for Hispanic, black, and white inmates. Research and policy implications are discussed regarding the potential variation in the age-misconduct curve, especially for younger inmates.

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The Effect of Importation and Deprivation Factors on Violent Misconduct: An Examination of Black and Latino Youth in Prison

Cited by 69 publications

References 29 publications

Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix*

Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership: A Longitudinal Study of Serious Offenders in Philadelphia and Phoenix*

Women Offender Assessment: Can Gender-Informed Variables Improve Prediction of Institutional Outcomes?

Reexamining the Age-Misconduct Curve: Interaction Effects of Sex and Race/Ethnicity

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