The Association of Distributive and Procedural Justice With Organizational Citizenship Behavior 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

The nucleus of any correctional organization is its correctional staff. There are expected in-role behaviors and duties of the staff, but extra-role behaviors (referred to as organizational citizenshi...

Stopping Prison Rape: The Evolution of Standards Recommended by PREA's National Prison Rape Elimination Commission 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

The authors, one a past member of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC), review the historic literature on solutions to prison sexual assault. We contend that pressure for humanitari...

The Social Construction of Sexuality in Prison 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

Prison sex research has generally followed an essentialist theoretical approach. Only Alarid used a social constructionist approach to understand sexuality behind bars. Using data collected from 142 m...

A Multisite Evaluation of Prison-Based Drug Treatment: Four-Year Follow-up Results 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

This study examined three postrelease outcomes (reincarceration, rearrest, drug relapse) for inmates who participated in therapeutic community (TC) drug treatment programs (n = 555) or comparison grou...

And Then They Behaved: Examining the Institutional Misconduct of Adult Inmates Who Were Incarcerated as Juveniles 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

Research indicates that juveniles in adult prisons are more disruptive than adults. This study extends current understanding by examining their misconduct after they reach adulthood. Bivariate analyse...

Validating the Level of Service Inventory-Revised: A Gendered Perspective 1 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

This study addresses the validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) as a predictor of recidivism for women. We analyzed all female parolees that were released in New Jersey in 2006 (n ...

Pushing the Envelope for Evolution and Social Change: Critical Challenges for Teaching Inside-Out 29 Apr 2013 | 11:03 pm

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program (Inside-Out) is a program that offers college courses taught in a blended classroom within correctional settings, resulting in multiple challenges for instructor...

Self-Efficacy: An Important Aspect of Prison-Based Learning 29 Apr 2013 | 11:03 pm

Self-efficacy in academic settings is an established correlate of educational accomplishments with relevance beyond the classroom. It is a socially created propensity to view oneself as capable of res...

Juveniles and College: Inside Out as a Way Forward 29 Apr 2013 | 11:03 pm

In this article the author argues that the Inside Out model is ideally suited to help incarcerated juveniles considering enrolling in college postrelease. The transition to college can be extremely di...

One Brick at a Time: The Power and Possibility of Dialogue Across the Prison Wall 29 Apr 2013 | 11:03 pm