Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence: An Integrated Social Control-Opportunity Perspective

by Benjamin Steiner and John Wooldredge

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with violence perpetration and violent victimization among both prison inmates and staff.

Prison violence is not a random process; rates of violence vary across prisons and the odds of perpetrating violence or experiencing violent victimization vary across inmates and staff. A comprehensive understanding of the causes of prison violence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138552607
• ISBN13: 9781138552609
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 1.6" x 4.0"