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JUSTICE QUARTERLY
卷 39, 期 5, 页码 923-952出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2021.1944284
关键词
Prison visitation; recidivism; conditions of confinement
资金
- National Science Foundation [153531]
Using data from 17,542 incarcerated men, this study found that the relationship between prison visitation and rearrest varies across different security settings, particularly being highly attenuated in close and maximum security units. These results suggest the need for an ecological framework in future studies of prison visitation and recidivism.
While in prison, incarcerated persons can be subjected to qualitatively different conditions of confinement ranging from minimum to maximum security settings. In this study, we use data on 17,542 incarcerated men to assess whether the relationship between visitation and recidivism varies across the types of settings (i.e. minimum, medium, close, and maximum custody units) in which individuals are housed and receive their visits. We find that the relationship between prison visitation and rearrest varies across conditions of confinement, and that this association is highly attenuated for individuals confined in close and maximum security units. We also find that these patterns are robust to alternate various measures of recidivism (reconviction and return to prison) and visitation (frequency and timing). These results raise questions about the nature and effectiveness of visitation in highly restrictive settings, and suggest that an ecological framework should be applied to future studies of prison visitation and recidivism.
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