Shannon Magnuson
Biographic Data
| ID | 348416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shannon Magnuson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shannon |
| FAMILY NAME | Magnuson |
| SIGNATURE | MAGNUSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8824-4979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pulling back the curtain
Purposive Placement
The idea that some prison residents purposively seek placement within restricted housing units (RHUs) within US prisons is perhaps counter-intuitive. Prior scholarship acknowledges that some residents prefer RHUs for safety and solitude; however, scholars to date know very little about how and why RHU placement is purposively secured. The current study presents staff and resident interview data from four prisons within one US state. Findings sugg…
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research Teams
Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the racial justice protests that followed, many institutions, including the academy, pledged their support for policies and practices that combat on-going racial injustice. Social justice and anti-racism initiatives abound on college campuses, including programming, hosting speakers, and proposing required ‘diversity’ classes for all students. For all this rhetoric, college and university admi…
Strain & Gain
The deprived nature of restricted housing units (RHUs) leaves residents fraught with an innumerable amount of strain. Coupled with a problematic grievance system, the social structure of RHUs can prevent residents from attaining desired goals of basic needs through conventional/formal RHU routines and processes. Framing our data using Merton's strain theory, we find some residents turn to deviant innovative behaviors as a means of achieving basic…
Rights-in-between
Prison laws and policies often do not explicitly state the rights and privileges for the individuals residing there. This space is a unique example of where the law-on-the-books meet the law-in-action-a place where "law-in-between" operates in the hands of street-level workers. Using data collected from interviews with restricted housing unit residents and staff in four men's prisons, this paper examines how the law-in-between operates in a highl…
Sex logics
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) reforms correctional institutions via administrative mechanisms and represents a major shift in both correctional policy and workplace practice. Using qualitative data within six prisons in one U.S. state, finding suggest that staff view PREA as an administrative, safety, and cultural burden, which creates a misalignment of institutional logics. Rather than seeing themselves as central to eliminating prison …
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act and Participatory Action Research to Improve Use of Risk Needs Assessments
Many community supervision agencies use a risk/need assessment tool (RNA) to assess client risk level, inform case planning decisions, and allocate supervision resources. Research suggests agencies do not always implement RNA tools as intended, without offering practitioners solutions for improving these implementation concerns. Using a participatory action research framework, this case study highlights one probation office's efforts to improve t…
Scapegoating culture
Organizational culture is an obscure and poorly understood part of organizational life. In scholarly work, researchers use organizational culture as both a catch‐all term and a black box of intrigue. The former suggests its omnipresence and ability to take the blame for all that ills organizations. The latter denotes a mythical and misunderstood invisible cloak that covers organizations and organizational life, yet is misconstrued, complex, and c…
Sex logics
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) reforms correctional institutions via administrative mechanisms and represents a major shift in both correctional policy and workplace practice. Using qualitative data within six prisons in one U.S. state, finding suggest that staff view PREA as an administrative, safety, and cultural burden, which creates a misalignment of institutional logics. Rather than seeing themselves as central to eliminating prison …
Rights-in-between
Prison laws and policies often do not explicitly state the rights and privileges for the individuals residing there. This space is a unique example of where the law-on-the-books meet the law-in-action-a place where "law-in-between" operates in the hands of street-level workers. Using data collected from interviews with restricted housing unit residents and staff in four men's prisons, this paper examines how the law-in-between operates in a highl…
Strain & Gain
The deprived nature of restricted housing units (RHUs) leaves residents fraught with an innumerable amount of strain. Coupled with a problematic grievance system, the social structure of RHUs can prevent residents from attaining desired goals of basic needs through conventional/formal RHU routines and processes. Framing our data using Merton's strain theory, we find some residents turn to deviant innovative behaviors as a means of achieving basic…
Scapegoating culture
Organizational culture is an obscure and poorly understood part of organizational life. In scholarly work, researchers use organizational culture as both a catch‐all term and a black box of intrigue. The former suggests its omnipresence and ability to take the blame for all that ills organizations. The latter denotes a mythical and misunderstood invisible cloak that covers organizations and organizational life, yet is misconstrued, complex, and c…
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act and Participatory Action Research to Improve Use of Risk Needs Assessments
Many community supervision agencies use a risk/need assessment tool (RNA) to assess client risk level, inform case planning decisions, and allocate supervision resources. Research suggests agencies do not always implement RNA tools as intended, without offering practitioners solutions for improving these implementation concerns. Using a participatory action research framework, this case study highlights one probation office's efforts to improve t…
Scapegoating culture
Organizational culture is an obscure and poorly understood part of organizational life. In scholarly work, researchers use organizational culture as both a catch‐all term and a black box of intrigue. The former suggests its omnipresence and ability to take the blame for all that ills organizations. The latter denotes a mythical and misunderstood invisible cloak that covers organizations and organizational life, yet is misconstrued, complex, and c…
Sex logics
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) reforms correctional institutions via administrative mechanisms and represents a major shift in both correctional policy and workplace practice. Using qualitative data within six prisons in one U.S. state, finding suggest that staff view PREA as an administrative, safety, and cultural burden, which creates a misalignment of institutional logics. Rather than seeing themselves as central to eliminating prison …
Rights-in-between
Prison laws and policies often do not explicitly state the rights and privileges for the individuals residing there. This space is a unique example of where the law-on-the-books meet the law-in-action-a place where "law-in-between" operates in the hands of street-level workers. Using data collected from interviews with restricted housing unit residents and staff in four men's prisons, this paper examines how the law-in-between operates in a highl…
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research Teams
Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the racial justice protests that followed, many institutions, including the academy, pledged their support for policies and practices that combat on-going racial injustice. Social justice and anti-racism initiatives abound on college campuses, including programming, hosting speakers, and proposing required ‘diversity’ classes for all students. For all this rhetoric, college and university admi…
Strain & Gain
The deprived nature of restricted housing units (RHUs) leaves residents fraught with an innumerable amount of strain. Coupled with a problematic grievance system, the social structure of RHUs can prevent residents from attaining desired goals of basic needs through conventional/formal RHU routines and processes. Framing our data using Merton's strain theory, we find some residents turn to deviant innovative behaviors as a means of achieving basic…
Purposive Placement
The idea that some prison residents purposively seek placement within restricted housing units (RHUs) within US prisons is perhaps counter-intuitive. Prior scholarship acknowledges that some residents prefer RHUs for safety and solitude; however, scholars to date know very little about how and why RHU placement is purposively secured. The current study presents staff and resident interview data from four prisons within one US state. Findings sugg…
Pulling back the curtain
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Prison (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)