Correlates and Actuarial Models of Assaultive Prison Misconduct Among Violence-Predicted Capital Offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-25

  Cunningham, Mark D ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^b   Vigen, Mark P ^a   Woods, S O ^c  

^a Prairie View A&M University ^*  (United States)

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

^c Texas Department of Criminal Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

actuarial model; capital sentencing; death row; inmate assault; prison violence; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992805590     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810384830     Document Type: Article

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