Inside the Prison Black Box
Toward a Life Course Importation Model of Inmate Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt Delisi (0000-0001-5964-5848, Iowa State University, Ames), Chad R Trulson (0000-0001-5706-4345, University of North Texas, Denton), James W Marquart (University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson), Alan J Drury (Iowa State University, Ames), Anna E Kosloski (0000-0002-2373-4125, Iowa State University, Ames) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1186-1207 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-624X • E-ISSN: 1552-6933 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306624x11383956 |
| PMID | 22114166 |
| OpenAlex | W2119369327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 57 |
| References cited | 103 |
The importation model is a venerable theoretical explanation for inmate misconduct but it has not been extended in nearly 50 years. The current study advances a life course importation model of inmate behavior where life events in childhood cascade to predict antisocial behavior during adolescence and misconduct occurring during periods of confinement. Based on data from 2,520 institutionalized male delinquents, ordinary least squares, logistic, and negative binomial regression models indicated that family background variables were largely predictive of multiple facets of delinquent careers. Negative binomial regression models of institutional misconduct indicated that proximal delinquent career variables were more consistently associated with misconduct than distal family background factors. Because institutional behavior can be understood as the importing of family deprivation experiences and chronic delinquency, the life course importation model is a useful conceptual framework to study crime over the life course, even including periods of confinement.
Binomial regression · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Econometrics · Juvenile delinquency · Life course approach · Logistic regression · Misconduct · Multinomial logistic regression · Negative binomial distribution · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Prison · Statistics · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
The Impact of the Correctional Ecosystem on Bullying Victimization Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders in Taiwan
From the street to the prison, from the prison to the street
A Person-Centered Approach to Prison Behavior Based on Officers’ Observations
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Negative Emotionality, and Pathways to Juvenile Recidivism
Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending
Pareto in Prison
Prison Adjustment Among Military Veterans
Religion and Misconduct Among Prison Inmates in South Korea
Safety First! Residential Group Climate and Antisocial Behavior
The importation model mediated
Perfil psicosocial, factores de riesgo y reinserción en reclusas adultas
Predictors of Misconduct Between and Within Adults Serving Long-Term Sentences
Violent Institutional Misconduct in the Transition from Juvenile to Adult Correctional Facilities
The Importation of Violent “Codes” of South Korean Inmates
Visitation and Misconduct Among Maximum-Security Inmates
Strain, Anger, and Prison Misconduct
Mental Health Service Utilization
Juvenile Institutional Misconduct
Predicting Staff Assault in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
MAiD in America
Agents of Change or Control? Correlates of Positive and Negative Staff-inmate Relationships among a Sample of Formerly Incarcerated Inmates
How often and under what circumstances do escapes from prison and jail result in violence? An examination of the “powder keg” theory
Connecting setting and subculture
The influence of importation and deprivation factors on prison adaptation
Structural differences of violent extremist offenders in correctional settings
Endorsing the Street Code
Impacts of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences on Psychological and Behavioral Outcomes in a Sample of Chinese Juvenile Offenders
Competing for Control
Investigating the misconduct-victimization overlap among South Korean prisoners
Understanding violence in juvenile correctional facilities
It’s a Dangerous Job! A Systematic Review of the Predictors of Correctional Officer Victimization by Incarcerated Individuals in U.S. Prisons and Jails
Chronic misconduct predicts violent victimization in prison
From Subcultures to Toolkits
Discrepancy Between Rhetoric and Practice
Prison misconduct, prisoners’ backgrounds, and reoffending
An empirical test of the social support paradigm on male inmate society
The Prison and the Gang
Analyzing the offending activity of inmates
Sensitivity for thee, but not for me
Women in prison
The effect of prison gang membership on recidivism
Correctional destabilization and jail violence
In and out of prison
More similar than different? Examining prison infractions and recidivism among female and male white-collar offenders
Institutional misconduct among juvenile offenders serving a blended sentence
Unpacking the relationship between age and prison misconduct
Are white-collar prisoners special? Prison adaptation and the special sensitivity hypothesis
The implications of sentence length for inmate adjustment to prison life
Predicting youth assault and institutional danger in juvenile correctional facilities
Racial (in)variance in prison rule breaking
Social isolation and inmate behavior
Consequences of Incarceration for Gang Membership
The Code of the Street and Inmate Violence
That shit doesn't fly”
Assessing the Distinct Factors Driving Violent, Drug and Disorder-Related Prison Misconduct from Longitudinal Data in Northern Ireland
Criminal Crews, Codes, and Contexts
Imprisonment Strains, Social Support, Negative Emotions, and Violent Misconduct Among Incarcerated Juvenile Male Offenders in Taiwan
Delinquency in a birth cohort
Crime in the making
Life course dynamics
Inmate Versus Environmental Effects On Prison Rule Violations
Genetic Sensitivity to the Environment
The Influence of Prison Gang Affiliation on Violence and Other Prison Misconduct
Estimation of Individual Crime Rates from Arrest Records
Predictive Factors for Violent Misconduct in Close Custody
Inmate Misconduct
Predicting Prison Misconducts
Gang members, career criminals and prison violence
The Effect of Gang Affiliation on Violent Misconduct Among Inmates During the Early Years of Confinement
Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior
Principles of Criminology
Career Criminals in Society
Social Learning and Social Structure
The Prison Community
Population Heterogeneity and State Dependence
A General Theory of Crime
Crime in the Making
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives
Prison Rioters
After Crime and Punishment
Risk Factors Associated with the Chronicity of High Potential for Child Abuse and Neglect
A Child Effects Explanation for the Association Between Family Risk and Involvement in an Antisocial Lifestyle
Explaining When Arrests End for Serious Juvenile Offenders
The Criminal Career Paradigm
The correctional melting pot
Importation, deprivation, and varieties of serving time
Exploring theoretical linkages between self-control theory and criminal justice system processing
Operationalizing risk
Prison disciplinary tickets
Violence and drug use in juvenile institutions
When Prediction Fails
Violence in Juvenile Institutions
Probabilistic Models of Youthful Criminal Careers
Correlates of Institutional Misconduct Among State Prisoners
Race and Prison Violence
Serious Violent Offenders
The Society of Captives
Disentangling the Link between Disrupted Families and Delinquency
Criminal Career Research in the United Kingdom
Theoretical Studies in Social Organization of the Prison
Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending
The Prison As a Community
Theoretical Studies in Social Organization of the Prison
The New Look of Behavioral Genetics in Developmental Psychopathology
A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency
A Longitudinal Examination of an Integrated Social Process Model of Deviant Behavior
Homosexual and Drug Behavior in Prison
Prisonization in the Inmate Contraculture
Thieves, Convicts and the Inmate Culture
Type of Leadership in Prison
Patterns of delinquent careers
| Unique citing works | 57 |
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| Citations per year | 3,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |