BEHAVIOR DURING THE FIRST YEAR IN PRISON - REPORT 3 BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS AS PREDICTORS OF BEHAVIOR AND MISBEHAVIOR

• NCJ Number: 2456
• Author(s): D R JAMAN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 125 pages
• Corporate Author: California State Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY OF BEHAVIOR OF 500 MALE FELON INMATES DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN PRISON FOLLOWING RECEPTION GUIDANCE PROCESSING.

Abstract

THE VOLUME EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITY OF PREDICTING THE BEHAVIOR OF INMATES DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN PRISON FROM INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CHARACTERISTICS WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION. MISBEHAVIOR, OR INFRACTIONS OF INSTITUTION RULES, IS CONSIDERED BEHAVIOR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)