Add to ORKGIt is widely accepted that prisoners are at risk of victimization from their fellow pris-oners. However, little is known about the psychological consequences of exposure to such risk. In particular, what is the relationship between prisoners’feelings of anxiety and their observations or experiences of victimization? How is the level of incivility in penal institutions related to perceptions of safety? The findings from a survey of 1,182 inmates shed some light on the dynamics of fear in prison. Most prisoners reported feeling safe most of the time, although a small number of prison locations consistently were rated as unsafe. Prisoners with direct experience of victimization were more fearful than those without. An attempt is made to outlin...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
The principle of equivalence means that prisoners should receive the same quality of care for their ...
Background: Interactions with inmates are a major source of stress for prison officers. Given the co...
This thesis reports findings from three studies. It begins with a summary of the previous conflictin...
In American prisons, two of the worst pathologies—hypermasculine performance and gang activity—are b...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and ba...
In recent decades, the use of imprisonment has undergone a dramatic rise in a large number of countr...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and bar...
The study of security within a prison environment implies the observation of a complex phenomenon: o...
The staff of correctional facilities voluntarily work in prisons. It seems plausible that the profes...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and bar...
This article summarizes some of the negative psychological effects of impris-onment. It examines the...
Introduction: The study of psychological variables associated with incarceration is of essential imp...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
The principle of equivalence means that prisoners should receive the same quality of care for their ...
Background: Interactions with inmates are a major source of stress for prison officers. Given the co...
This thesis reports findings from three studies. It begins with a summary of the previous conflictin...
In American prisons, two of the worst pathologies—hypermasculine performance and gang activity—are b...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and ba...
In recent decades, the use of imprisonment has undergone a dramatic rise in a large number of countr...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and bar...
The study of security within a prison environment implies the observation of a complex phenomenon: o...
The staff of correctional facilities voluntarily work in prisons. It seems plausible that the profes...
Accounts of prison life consistently describe a culture of mutual mistrust, fear, aggression and bar...
This article summarizes some of the negative psychological effects of impris-onment. It examines the...
Introduction: The study of psychological variables associated with incarceration is of essential imp...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
"In Western prisons, inmates’ religious conversions are a social fact in which fear plays a predomin...
The principle of equivalence means that prisoners should receive the same quality of care for their ...
Background: Interactions with inmates are a major source of stress for prison officers. Given the co...