The Effect of Legal Status on Prison Misconduct

Autor:	Sylwia J. Piatkowska, Jennifer M. Brown, Javier Ramos, William D. Bales
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Law Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Zdroj:	Crime & Delinquency. 68:2328-2354
ISSN:	1552-387X 0011-1287
DOI:	10.1177/00111287211067178
Popis:	The present study examines the relationship between legal status and prisoner misconduct by comparing official disciplinary infraction reports between documented, undocumented, and native-born inmates. We also examine the extent to which such effects vary across different types (i.e., criminal and non-criminal) of reported infractions. Using data from the Florida Department of Corrections, the results reveal that undocumented foreigners have a higher likelihood and a higher frequency of any misconduct and criminal misconduct as well as a higher frequency of non-criminal misconduct than the other two groups, while no such differences are found between documented and native-born prisoners. Our research underscores the salient role of legal status in predicting the in-prison behaviors of foreign-born inmates.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::25ff472195e7b34183ef6d3419a25e82 https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211067178 Zobrazit plný text záznamu