Assertions of "future dangerousness" at federal capital sentencing: Rates and correlates of subsequent prison misconduct and violence

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-63

  Cunningham, Mark D ^a   Reidy, Thomas J ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^b  

^a Prairie View A and M University ^*

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital sentencing; Death penalty; Future dangerousness; Prison violence; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASSERTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DEATH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARD; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCONDUCT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 37849024019     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9107-7     Document Type: Article

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