Inmate Recidivism as a Measure of Private Prison Performance

Running Head: VALIDATION OF PRISON INMATE INVENTORY Validity and Reliability of the Prison Inmate Inventory (PII)

This study reports on the psychometric properties of the Prison Inmate Inventory (PII) a 160-item, 10scale inmate screening tool that includes static factors as well as dynamic factors amenable to change through treatment. The PII includes a Truthfulness Scale to assess offender denial, problem minimization and guardedness, factors associated with treatment completion and recidivism. Reliabilit...

Prison Conditions and Recidivism

Prison Conditions and Recidivism We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of deaths in the facility of detention during an inmate’s stay and 3) ...

Measurement of prison social climate: A comparison of an inmate measure in England and the US

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Counter Forces in Prison-Inmate Therapy

The Effects of Private Prison Confinement in Minnesota on Offender Recidivism