Claudia N Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia N Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia N |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON C N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0541-7257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Depth in the Iron Cage
A central feature of contemporary prison systems is the routine use of restricted housing units (RHUs) to manage and punish incarcerated populations. People confined in RHUs are subject to distinct sets of bureaucratic procedures and rules that are used to administer isolation. One common and theoretically-relevant case is the heightened restrictions on social contact with external social ties. The current paper systematically explores the implic…
Testing Systems-Level Theories and Impacts of Supermax Prisons
Supermaximum security prisons (or, “supermax”) are assumed necessary for the safety and order of prison systems. The current paper used ten years of data on 19 prison facilities in Ohio to examine the longitudinal, macrolevel associations between supermax transfers and future facility-level outcomes. The results suggest weak support for the idea that supermax transfers improve prison social order and no evidence of improvements in violence. Sendi…
Poor Mental Health as Cause and/or Consequence of Restrictive Housing
Whether poor mental health increases an incarcerated person’s exposure to disciplinary or administrative segregation, and, in turn, whether segregation contributes to poorer health have been examined separately in the empirical literature, with studies of the former limited to between-person analyses. We conducted within-person analyses of changes to both mental health and the odds of segregation to determine whether these effects are bidirection…
Establishing Key Facts About Restrictive Housing—A Systems-Level Descriptive Analysis of Restrictive Housing and the Implications for Theory, Research, and Policy
Concerns about restrictive housing are motivated in part by the assumption that as prison systems expanded and became more punitive, restrictive housing became overly routine. Limited empirical research exists, however, that quantifies its usage. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, we argue that a more detailed understanding of restrictive housing usage is required to advance theory, research, and evidence-based policy. Second, we bring dat…
Solitary confinement and post-release drug and alcohol test failure among formerly incarcerated men on parole in Pennsylvania (2010–2023)
Pretrial jail experiences and the criminal justice legitimacy divide
One consequence of racial disparities in criminal justice experiences and outcomes is racially stratified views of criminal justice legitimacy. An overlooked criminal justice processing point that might contribute to racial differences in perceptions of criminal justice legitimacy is pretrial detention. The current study examines whether racial differences exist in perceptions of procedural justice and effectiveness of jail staff—two factors that…
Solitary confinement, parole, and criminalization
Disparities in Segregation for Prison Control
Following a recent study of disparities in solitary confinement (SC) placements in Florida, we examined related disparities in the use of extended restrictive housing in Ohio (SC conditions) while expanding the analysis to short term restrictive housing, a substantially more common prison experience. Analyses of 183,872 incarcerated persons (IPs) revealed substantive disparities in prevalence and incidence of placements in both short- and long-t…
Perceptual saturation in deterrence
Private Versus Public Incarceration
Propensity score matching and regression analyses of the National Inmate Survey are used to examine individuals’ experiences and perceptions of environmental quality in public versus private prisons across key domains of prison life, with an emphasis on needs, behaviors, victimization, and attitudes. No differences are identified for women. Males in private prisons are more likely than men in public prisons to perceive there to be inadequate staf…
Disentangling the relationship between serious disorder problems and the use of supermax prisons
Research Summary Supermax prisons exist, according to the policy's driving logic, to address serious disorder problems by isolating people who cause serious disorder. Criticisms of supermax, however, suggest that its use is driven by factors aside from serious disorder problems and that transfers to supermax have a degree of arbitrariness. The current paper uses 10 years of data on one state prison system to disentangle the relationship between “…
How punitive is pretrial? Measuring the relative pains of pretrial detention
The purpose of pretrial incarceration is not punishment. Yet, research demonstrates that pretrial detention elicits similar consequences as punishment. The goal of this study is to advance theory and policy discussions by enumerating the experiences and harms that emerge during pretrial detention and how closely they align with punishment. The analyses use the National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012 to compare the experiences of those held in pretrial …
Is Reduced Visitation a Collateral Consequence of Restrictive Housing
Theory and logic suggest that placement in restrictive housing (RH) may affect prison visitation, which may be counterproductive given the potential benefits of visitation. The goal of this paper is to examine the potential correspondence between RH and visitation. We use data on incarcerated people in Ohio to conduct two related analyses. One analysis assesses whether the first incident of short-term disciplinary segregation impacts prison visit…
Social Capital and Its Impacts on Prison Life
This paper examines how social capital prior to incarceration may contribute to experiences during incarceration and whether visitation allows social capital to have protective effects. We investigate, too, whether disadvantages experienced during incarceration by racial and ethnic minorities, women, and individuals in poverty can be explained in part by reduced social capital. We test these ideas using national-level survey data from state priso…
Can “race‐neutral” program eligibility requirements in criminal justice have disparate effects? An examination of race, ethnicity, and prison industry employment
Research Summary This study assesses whether racial and ethnic disparities exist in prison industry employment and whether seemingly race‐ and ethnicity‐neutral eligibility requirements contribute to any such disparities. We examine whether there are racial/ethnic disparities in industrial prison work, the extent to which disparities are explained by administrative policies, and the conditions under which disparities are most pronounced. Using 10…
How punitive is pretrial? Measuring the relative pains of pretrial detention
The purpose of pretrial incarceration is not punishment. Yet, research demonstrates that pretrial detention elicits similar consequences as punishment. The goal of this study is to advance theory and policy discussions by enumerating the experiences and harms that emerge during pretrial detention and how closely they align with punishment. The analyses use the National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012 to compare the experiences of those held in pretrial …
Is Reduced Visitation a Collateral Consequence of Restrictive Housing
Theory and logic suggest that placement in restrictive housing (RH) may affect prison visitation, which may be counterproductive given the potential benefits of visitation. The goal of this paper is to examine the potential correspondence between RH and visitation. We use data on incarcerated people in Ohio to conduct two related analyses. One analysis assesses whether the first incident of short-term disciplinary segregation impacts prison visit…
Social Capital and Its Impacts on Prison Life
This paper examines how social capital prior to incarceration may contribute to experiences during incarceration and whether visitation allows social capital to have protective effects. We investigate, too, whether disadvantages experienced during incarceration by racial and ethnic minorities, women, and individuals in poverty can be explained in part by reduced social capital. We test these ideas using national-level survey data from state priso…
Can “race‐neutral” program eligibility requirements in criminal justice have disparate effects? An examination of race, ethnicity, and prison industry employment
Research Summary This study assesses whether racial and ethnic disparities exist in prison industry employment and whether seemingly race‐ and ethnicity‐neutral eligibility requirements contribute to any such disparities. We examine whether there are racial/ethnic disparities in industrial prison work, the extent to which disparities are explained by administrative policies, and the conditions under which disparities are most pronounced. Using 10…
Private Versus Public Incarceration
Propensity score matching and regression analyses of the National Inmate Survey are used to examine individuals’ experiences and perceptions of environmental quality in public versus private prisons across key domains of prison life, with an emphasis on needs, behaviors, victimization, and attitudes. No differences are identified for women. Males in private prisons are more likely than men in public prisons to perceive there to be inadequate staf…
Disentangling the relationship between serious disorder problems and the use of supermax prisons
Research Summary Supermax prisons exist, according to the policy's driving logic, to address serious disorder problems by isolating people who cause serious disorder. Criticisms of supermax, however, suggest that its use is driven by factors aside from serious disorder problems and that transfers to supermax have a degree of arbitrariness. The current paper uses 10 years of data on one state prison system to disentangle the relationship between “…
How punitive is pretrial? Measuring the relative pains of pretrial detention
The purpose of pretrial incarceration is not punishment. Yet, research demonstrates that pretrial detention elicits similar consequences as punishment. The goal of this study is to advance theory and policy discussions by enumerating the experiences and harms that emerge during pretrial detention and how closely they align with punishment. The analyses use the National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012 to compare the experiences of those held in pretrial …
Disparities in Segregation for Prison Control
Following a recent study of disparities in solitary confinement (SC) placements in Florida, we examined related disparities in the use of extended restrictive housing in Ohio (SC conditions) while expanding the analysis to short term restrictive housing, a substantially more common prison experience. Analyses of 183,872 incarcerated persons (IPs) revealed substantive disparities in prevalence and incidence of placements in both short- and long-t…
Perceptual saturation in deterrence
Testing Systems-Level Theories and Impacts of Supermax Prisons
Supermaximum security prisons (or, “supermax”) are assumed necessary for the safety and order of prison systems. The current paper used ten years of data on 19 prison facilities in Ohio to examine the longitudinal, macrolevel associations between supermax transfers and future facility-level outcomes. The results suggest weak support for the idea that supermax transfers improve prison social order and no evidence of improvements in violence. Sendi…
Poor Mental Health as Cause and/or Consequence of Restrictive Housing
Whether poor mental health increases an incarcerated person’s exposure to disciplinary or administrative segregation, and, in turn, whether segregation contributes to poorer health have been examined separately in the empirical literature, with studies of the former limited to between-person analyses. We conducted within-person analyses of changes to both mental health and the odds of segregation to determine whether these effects are bidirection…
Establishing Key Facts About Restrictive Housing—A Systems-Level Descriptive Analysis of Restrictive Housing and the Implications for Theory, Research, and Policy
Concerns about restrictive housing are motivated in part by the assumption that as prison systems expanded and became more punitive, restrictive housing became overly routine. Limited empirical research exists, however, that quantifies its usage. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, we argue that a more detailed understanding of restrictive housing usage is required to advance theory, research, and evidence-based policy. Second, we bring dat…
Solitary confinement and post-release drug and alcohol test failure among formerly incarcerated men on parole in Pennsylvania (2010–2023)
Pretrial jail experiences and the criminal justice legitimacy divide
One consequence of racial disparities in criminal justice experiences and outcomes is racially stratified views of criminal justice legitimacy. An overlooked criminal justice processing point that might contribute to racial differences in perceptions of criminal justice legitimacy is pretrial detention. The current study examines whether racial differences exist in perceptions of procedural justice and effectiveness of jail staff—two factors that…
Solitary confinement, parole, and criminalization
Depth in the Iron Cage
A central feature of contemporary prison systems is the routine use of restricted housing units (RHUs) to manage and punish incarcerated populations. People confined in RHUs are subject to distinct sets of bureaucratic procedures and rules that are used to administer isolation. One common and theoretically-relevant case is the heightened restrictions on social contact with external social ties. The current paper systematically explores the implic…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (14 works) · Criminology (12 works) · Prison (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (10 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)