TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Individual and Environmental Effects on Assaults and Nonviolent Rule Breaking by Women in Prison
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Wooldredge, J.
A1  - Steiner, Benjamin
SP  - 437
EP  - 467
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
N2  - Drawing from micro- and macro-level theories of social control, the authors examined inmate and facility effects on the prevalence of assaults and nonviolent rule infractions committed by female inmates housed in state correctional facilities during 1991 and 1997. Analyses of national samples of more than 2,200 women confined in roughly 40 facilities produced results favoring a control perspective. Characteristics of both inmates (e.g., family status, history of physical or sexual abuse, drug use immediately prior to incarceration, and mental ill health) and facilities (e.g., crowding and security level) were relevant for understanding differences among female inmates in the odds of both assault and nonviolent misconduct.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427809341936
ID  - ref1
ER  -