Kevin A Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 3934042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin A Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4349-4197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Handbook on Lived Experience in the Justice System
Racial Politics in the Contemporary Prison Society: The Importance of Race and Ethnicity to Prison Social Organization
Prior research documents race and ethnicity as central to how individuals navigate the social and physical space of prisons. Racial segregation persists as a feature of prison life, and in navigating this racialized structure, racial groups construct and enforce a set of racialized norms to govern behavior (i.e., the “racial code”) that reinforce and reify prison racial politics. These processes, however, have remained largely descriptive in natu…
Learning with the Others: Perspective-Taking and the Future of Criminal Justice in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
Alumni of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program declare their experience in the course as “life-changing.” If this impact holds true for all who have completed an Inside-Out course, the program will have transformed over 60,000 lives. We examine attitudinal change among Inside-Out alumni on factors expected to be influenced as a result of the ‘dialogue across difference’ critical to the foundation of the program. Across four courses representing…
Solitary confinement and the well-being of people in prison
Correctional rehabilitation and positive psychology: Opportunities and challenges
At this point it is clear that the pursuit of the rehabilitative ideal is stitched into the DNA of American corrections. However, in our collective quest to establish and defend ‘what works,’ correctional rehabilitation has lingered in a state of preoccupation with risks, deficits, and individual pathology. The framework of Positive Psychology provides an alluring blueprint for an approach to correctional rehabilitation where people are not consi…
Imprisoned Men: Masculinity Variability and Implications for Correctional Programming
Prison is a place with an accumulation of men who espouse toughness and aggression, where those who deviate are punished and forced to renegotiate their thoughts on what it means to be a man. Behaviors not considered overtly masculine, such as receiving support in the form of correctional programming, may be off limits to men serving time. Guided by the larger masculinities and crime framework, we examine the perceptions of masculinity and its co…
Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill in Prison: An Evaluation of a Contingency Management Program
The management and care of inmates with mental health needs creates immense strain for correctional administrators and staff—leaving questions surrounding the best way to treat and house those with especially acute mental health needs. At the same time, those with mental illness experience a number of disproportionately adverse outcomes while incarcerated. This study evaluates a contingency management program aimed at treating seriously mentally …
The differential effects of prison contact on parent–child relationship quality and child behavioral changes
The children of prisoners can suffer from behavioral issues, poor school performance, and heightened risk of crime and delinquency. Separation is part of what makes incarceration a punishment, but what can be done to ensure that it has the least harmful effect on children? Using data from the Arizona Prison Visitation Project, the current study seeks to examine the influence of different types of prison contact (inperson, mail, and phone) and fre…
Social support from outside the walls: Examining the role of relationship dynamics among inmates and visitors
Ecological Context, Concentrated Disadvantage, and Youth Reoffending: Identifying the Social Mechanisms in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
Self‐control and Victimization: A Meta‐analysis
A consequential development in victimization theory and research was the idea that individuals with low self‐control self‐select into the various risky behaviors that may ultimately result in their victimization. To establish the empirical status of the self‐control–victimization link, we subjected this body of work to a meta‐analysis. Our multilevel analyses of 311 effect size estimates drawn from 66 studies (42 independent data sets) indicate t…
Overview of: “Too early is too Soon
Research Summary Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertainty in corrections. To date, however, few empirical evaluations exist in the literature to guide correctional administrators in making these potentially unpopular decisions. The failure to appreciate fully the consequences of early release for the criminal justice system (as well as for the general public) could lead to unintended c…
Too early is too soon: Lessons from the Montana Department of Corrections Early Release Program
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertainty in corrections. To date, however, few empirical evaluations exist in the literature to guide correctional administrators in making these potentially unpopular decisions. The failure to appreciate fully the consequences of early release for the criminal justice system (as well as for the general public) could lead to unintended consequences in th…
Computer-mediated social support, older adults, and coping
Journal Article Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping Get access Kevin Wright Kevin Wright 1Department of Communication Studies, 108 Armstrong Hall, PO Box 6293, Morgantown, WV 26506–6293, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 50, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 100–118, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02855.x Published: 10 January 2006
Self‐control and Victimization: A Meta‐analysis
A consequential development in victimization theory and research was the idea that individuals with low self‐control self‐select into the various risky behaviors that may ultimately result in their victimization. To establish the empirical status of the self‐control–victimization link, we subjected this body of work to a meta‐analysis. Our multilevel analyses of 311 effect size estimates drawn from 66 studies (42 independent data sets) indicate t…
Ecological Context, Concentrated Disadvantage, and Youth Reoffending: Identifying the Social Mechanisms in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
Social support from outside the walls: Examining the role of relationship dynamics among inmates and visitors
Too early is too soon: Lessons from the Montana Department of Corrections Early Release Program
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertainty in corrections. To date, however, few empirical evaluations exist in the literature to guide correctional administrators in making these potentially unpopular decisions. The failure to appreciate fully the consequences of early release for the criminal justice system (as well as for the general public) could lead to unintended consequences in th…
Solitary confinement and the well-being of people in prison
Correctional rehabilitation and positive psychology: Opportunities and challenges
At this point it is clear that the pursuit of the rehabilitative ideal is stitched into the DNA of American corrections. However, in our collective quest to establish and defend ‘what works,’ correctional rehabilitation has lingered in a state of preoccupation with risks, deficits, and individual pathology. The framework of Positive Psychology provides an alluring blueprint for an approach to correctional rehabilitation where people are not consi…
Imprisoned Men: Masculinity Variability and Implications for Correctional Programming
Prison is a place with an accumulation of men who espouse toughness and aggression, where those who deviate are punished and forced to renegotiate their thoughts on what it means to be a man. Behaviors not considered overtly masculine, such as receiving support in the form of correctional programming, may be off limits to men serving time. Guided by the larger masculinities and crime framework, we examine the perceptions of masculinity and its co…
The differential effects of prison contact on parent–child relationship quality and child behavioral changes
The children of prisoners can suffer from behavioral issues, poor school performance, and heightened risk of crime and delinquency. Separation is part of what makes incarceration a punishment, but what can be done to ensure that it has the least harmful effect on children? Using data from the Arizona Prison Visitation Project, the current study seeks to examine the influence of different types of prison contact (inperson, mail, and phone) and fre…
Computer-mediated social support, older adults, and coping
Journal Article Computer-Mediated Social Support, Older Adults, and Coping Get access Kevin Wright Kevin Wright 1Department of Communication Studies, 108 Armstrong Hall, PO Box 6293, Morgantown, WV 26506–6293, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 50, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 100–118, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02855.x Published: 10 January 2006
Overview of: “Too early is too Soon
Research Summary Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertainty in corrections. To date, however, few empirical evaluations exist in the literature to guide correctional administrators in making these potentially unpopular decisions. The failure to appreciate fully the consequences of early release for the criminal justice system (as well as for the general public) could lead to unintended c…
Too early is too soon: Lessons from the Montana Department of Corrections Early Release Program
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertainty in corrections. To date, however, few empirical evaluations exist in the literature to guide correctional administrators in making these potentially unpopular decisions. The failure to appreciate fully the consequences of early release for the criminal justice system (as well as for the general public) could lead to unintended consequences in th…
Ecological Context, Concentrated Disadvantage, and Youth Reoffending: Identifying the Social Mechanisms in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
Self‐control and Victimization: A Meta‐analysis
A consequential development in victimization theory and research was the idea that individuals with low self‐control self‐select into the various risky behaviors that may ultimately result in their victimization. To establish the empirical status of the self‐control–victimization link, we subjected this body of work to a meta‐analysis. Our multilevel analyses of 311 effect size estimates drawn from 66 studies (42 independent data sets) indicate t…
Social support from outside the walls: Examining the role of relationship dynamics among inmates and visitors
Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill in Prison: An Evaluation of a Contingency Management Program
The management and care of inmates with mental health needs creates immense strain for correctional administrators and staff—leaving questions surrounding the best way to treat and house those with especially acute mental health needs. At the same time, those with mental illness experience a number of disproportionately adverse outcomes while incarcerated. This study evaluates a contingency management program aimed at treating seriously mentally …
The differential effects of prison contact on parent–child relationship quality and child behavioral changes
The children of prisoners can suffer from behavioral issues, poor school performance, and heightened risk of crime and delinquency. Separation is part of what makes incarceration a punishment, but what can be done to ensure that it has the least harmful effect on children? Using data from the Arizona Prison Visitation Project, the current study seeks to examine the influence of different types of prison contact (inperson, mail, and phone) and fre…
Imprisoned Men: Masculinity Variability and Implications for Correctional Programming
Prison is a place with an accumulation of men who espouse toughness and aggression, where those who deviate are punished and forced to renegotiate their thoughts on what it means to be a man. Behaviors not considered overtly masculine, such as receiving support in the form of correctional programming, may be off limits to men serving time. Guided by the larger masculinities and crime framework, we examine the perceptions of masculinity and its co…
Correctional rehabilitation and positive psychology: Opportunities and challenges
At this point it is clear that the pursuit of the rehabilitative ideal is stitched into the DNA of American corrections. However, in our collective quest to establish and defend ‘what works,’ correctional rehabilitation has lingered in a state of preoccupation with risks, deficits, and individual pathology. The framework of Positive Psychology provides an alluring blueprint for an approach to correctional rehabilitation where people are not consi…
Racial Politics in the Contemporary Prison Society: The Importance of Race and Ethnicity to Prison Social Organization
Prior research documents race and ethnicity as central to how individuals navigate the social and physical space of prisons. Racial segregation persists as a feature of prison life, and in navigating this racialized structure, racial groups construct and enforce a set of racialized norms to govern behavior (i.e., the “racial code”) that reinforce and reify prison racial politics. These processes, however, have remained largely descriptive in natu…
Learning with the Others: Perspective-Taking and the Future of Criminal Justice in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
Alumni of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program declare their experience in the course as “life-changing.” If this impact holds true for all who have completed an Inside-Out course, the program will have transformed over 60,000 lives. We examine attitudinal change among Inside-Out alumni on factors expected to be influenced as a result of the ‘dialogue across difference’ critical to the foundation of the program. Across four courses representing…
Solitary confinement and the well-being of people in prison
Handbook on Lived Experience in the Justice System
Psychology (12 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (11 works) · Criminology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Prison (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works)