Kentucky's Perpetual Prisoner Machine
It's about Money1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4075348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen C Richard, Stephen C Richards (Northern Kentucky University), James Austin (0000-0002-9214-8795, George Washington University), Richard S Jones (0000-0002-3751-2128, Marquette University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-106 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00060.x |
| OpenAlex | W2106805838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower its prison and community corrections costs. This article focuses on our study of the prison and parole experience of men and women in Kentucky. What we found is a virtual "perpetual incarceration machine" where prisoners are recycled from prison to parole and back to prison. The following discussion includes: Kentucky's prison population continues to grow, parole failure, methods, description of interview samples, interview data, the structure producing parole failure, and Kentucky's perpetual incarceration mechine. Based on our findings, several promising reforms are recommended that if implemented would serve to reduce the prison population and the rate of parole failure
Criminology · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2016 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |