PURPOSE: The criminal career paradigm is a major research focus in criminology, and the
current state-of-the-art review explicates research published between 2000 and 2011 …

At the end of 2010, prisons in the United States incarcerated over 1,605,127 inmates,
yielding an imprisonment rate of 497 per 100,000 residents (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol …

This study takes stock of empirical research examining the relationship between gang
membership and offending by subjecting this large body of work to a meta-analysis …

PURPOSE: This paper applies macro-micro General Strain Theory (GST) to predict prisoner
misconduct. It is hypothesized that prison-based strain will adversely affect inmates and …

The United States prison population is becoming more diverse and comprised of
increasingly more violent inmates. Although race has been cited as a risk factor for inmate …

The importation model is a venerable theoretical explanation for inmate misconduct but it
has not been extended in nearly 50 years. The current study advances a life course …

We use 16 characterizations of crews, codes, and contexts to determine if offender
subcultures (code of the street, convict code, street and prison gangs) converge …

Researchers have not yet devoted sufficient attention to the effect of prison architecture on
inmate misconduct. Using data from the population of male prisoners in Texas, the authors …

The characteristics of, and 2003 disciplinary data on, 51,527 inmates in the Florida
Department of Corrections, including 9,586 inmates who had been convicted of some …

Extant research indicates that inmates with street gang history are prone for prison
misconduct but that inmates convicted of homicide offenses are less likely to be …