Faith Behind Bars: An Explicit Test of the Moral Community Hypothesis in the Correctional Environment

• NCJ Number: 231292
• Journal: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 49 Issue: 5 Dated: July 2010 Pages: 342-362
• Author(s): Paul W. Sturgis
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 21 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study evaluates the explanatory power of the moral community hypothesis in the correctional environment.

Abstract

The explanatory power of the moral community hypothesis is evaluated through an analysis of survey data collected from a sample of 11,789 State prison inmates housed in 275 prisons located throughout the United States. The results of the multilevel regression analysis are not consistent with what would be predicted by the moral community hypothesis. The theoretical implications of this line of research are also discussed. Tables, notes, and references (Published Abstract)