Citation

Hochstetler A, DeLisi M. J. Crim. Justice 2005; 33(3): 257-266.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2005.02.005

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Using data on 208 male, former inmates in a midwestern state, the current study extended the importation/deprivation debate by developing an integrated model of prison offending. The model contained attitudinal measures, self-control, perceptions of prison conditions, prison lifestyles, objective measures of prison conditions, and controls. Structural equation modeling indicated that both the importation and deprivation theories of inmate behavior were salient, however, their effects were mediated by the inmate's lifestyle while imprisoned, specifically, his participation in the inmate economy.