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dc.contributor.authorByrne, James
dc.contributor.authorHummer, Don
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:20:23Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:20:23Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2013-05-16T04:19:35Z
dc.identifier.issn13591789
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.avb.2007.02.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/50587
dc.description.abstractThis article addresses two fundamental questions: 1) Can we accurately identify a subgroup of high risk inmates who will likely be involved in various forms of prison violence; and if so, 2) Is there an empirical research supporting the contention that current classification systems reduce the risk posed by those offenders predicted to be violent (such as gang/security threat group members)? Based on a review of the empirical evidence from the past two decades, we conclude that current classification strategies do not predict prison violence very accurately and perhaps more importantly, they do not appear to reduce the risk of violence in prison. New classification systems focusing on changing - rather than controlling - offenders while in prison represent one possible alternative strategy, given recent evidence that participation in prison programming/treatment is the most effective prison violence reduction strategy currently available.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom531
dc.relation.ispartofpageto541
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAggression and Violent Behavior
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and Prevention of Crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleIn search of the “Tossed Salad Man” (and others involved in prison violence): New strategies for predicting and controlling violence in prison
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorByrne, James


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