Risk Factors for Violent Behavior in Prison Inmates

Autor:	Marian Martinez-García, Karin Arbach-Lucioni, Antonio Andrés-Pueyo
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Prison Remand (detention) Suicide prevention Pathology and Forensic Medicine Misconduct Conviction Psychology Prison violence Law Social psychology General Psychology media_common Demography
Zdroj:	Criminal Justice and Behavior. 39:1219-1239
ISSN:	1552-3594 0093-8548
DOI:	10.1177/0093854812445875
Popis:	A large body of research has focused on indicators of the risk of prison violence, especially in the United States. Little is known about this question in Spain, despite the fact that in 2010, this country had the most crowded prison system in western Europe. This prospective study draws on official data to examine the relationship between individual and situational characteristics and misconduct in a sample of 1,330 inmates from 11 penitentiary facilities across a 10-month period. Violent misconduct was less frequent than potentially violent behavior, with prevalence rates of 9% and 13%, respectively. Younger age, being on remand, classification as first degree, prior violent behavior, drug and/or alcohol problems, poor response to treatment, and procriminal attitudes were significant risk factors of inmate misbehavior in an ordinal regression model (areas under the curve = 0.74 to 0.82). Having a violent conviction offense was not a significant predictor of outcome. The implications for current classification practices are discussed, and the importance of cross-cultural and empirically based research is stressed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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