Citation

Raaijmakers EAC, de Keijser JW, Nieuwbeerta P, Dirkzwager AJE. Prison J. 2017; 97(5): 644-668.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0032885517728902

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A core assumption underlying deterrent sentencing and just deserts theory is that the severity of imprisonment is merely dependent upon its duration. However, empirical research examining how inmates' subjectively experienced severity of detention (SESD) changes as a function of the length of confinement remains sparse. This study assesses changes in inmates' SESD over the course of confinement and seeks to explain this process. Multilevel analyses revealed considerable change in the SESD over the course of confinement. Although individual characteristics are related to inmates' initial SESD, they are not related to their pattern of change in SESD over the course of confinement.

Language: en