The Social Context of Inmate Misbehavior: A Contextual Analysis of Infractions in North Carolina Prisons

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dc.contributor.advisorWilliam R. Smith, Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorPatricia McCall, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorRodney Engen, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorMatthew Zingraff, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorFrazee, Sharon Glaveen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T19:06:13Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T19:06:13Z
dc.date.issued2003-04-08en_US
dc.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
dc.degree.leveldissertationen_US
dc.degree.namePhDen_US
dc.descriptionNorth Carolina State University Theses Sociology.
dc.description.abstractInmate misbehavior is a relatively common phenomenon in correctional facilities throughout the United States. While many steps have been taken by correctional authorities to curb such behavior, their level of success is hampered by the lack of information on how social context affects inmate behavior. This research proposes to look at how context interacts with individual characteristics to affect rates of prison infractions in a variety of prison settings. Two major theories of inmate misbehavior, importation and prisonization, are tested and extended using hierarchical linear models on 1997 North Carolina prison population data.en_US
dc.formatThesis (Ph.D.)--North Carolina State University.
dc.identifier.otheretd-04042003-090019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5018
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dc.subjecttheory integrationen_US
dc.subjectinmateen_US
dc.subjectprisonen_US
dc.subjectsocial contexten_US
dc.subjecthierarchical linear modelingen_US
dc.subjectimportationen_US
dc.subjectprisonizationen_US
dc.titleThe Social Context of Inmate Misbehavior: A Contextual Analysis of Infractions in North Carolina Prisonsen_US
dcterms.abstractKeywords: theory integration, inmate, prison, social context, hierarchical linear modeling, importation, prisonization.
dcterms.extentviii, 152 pages

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