Moral Communities and Jailhouse Religion : Religiosity and Prison Misconduct.

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Meade examines the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct. The most important aspect of his work is an attempt to resolve unanswered questions in the existing research about the religiosity-inmate misconduct relationship using a national sample of inmates and rigorous statistical tec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meade, Benjamin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Prisoners > Religious life > United States.
Prison discipline > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Prison psychology > United States.
Prisonniers > Vie religieuse > États-Unis.
Prisons > Discipline > États-Unis.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
Prisonniers > Psychologie > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Prison discipline
Prison psychology
Prisoners > Religious life
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Meade examines the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct. The most important aspect of his work is an attempt to resolve unanswered questions in the existing research about the religiosity-inmate misconduct relationship using a national sample of inmates and rigorous statistical techniques. His basic thesis is that the mixed findings across studies may be attributed to issues concerning selection bias and/or contextual differences in religiosity across facilities. The findings from the studies indicate that selection bias could result in an underestimation of the magnitude of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (254 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327804
1593327803

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