02765nam 2200613 450 991078651530332120200520144314.01-59332-780-3(CKB)3710000000212872(EBL)1756073(SSID)ssj0001289357(PQKBManifestationID)11949746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001289357(PQKBWorkID)11307955(PQKB)11076672(MiAaPQ)EBC1756073(Au-PeEL)EBL1756073(CaPaEBR)ebr10901415(OCoLC)885123678(EXLCZ)99371000000021287220140815h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMoral communities and jailhouse religion religiosity and prison misconduct /Benjamin MeadeEl Paso, Texas :LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC,2014.©20141 online resource (254 p.)Criminal JusticeDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-758-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Religion, religiosity, and deviance -- Inmate misconduct: theory and evidence -- Religion and corrections -- Studying the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct -- The effects of religiosity on inmate misconduct -- Conclusion.Meade examines the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct. The most important aspect of his work is an attempt to resolve unanswered questions in the existing research about the religiosity-inmate misconduct relationship using a national sample of inmates and rigorous statistical techniques. His basic thesis is that the mixed findings across studies may be attributed to issues concerning selection bias and/or contextual differences in religiosity across facilities. The findings from the studies indicate that selection bias could result in an underestimation of the magnitude of Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)PrisonersReligious lifeUnited StatesPrison psychologyUnited StatesCriminalsRehabilitationUnited StatesPrison disciplineUnited StatesPrisonersReligious lifePrison psychologyCriminalsRehabilitationPrison discipline365/.6430973Meade Benjamin1981-1559419MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786515303321Moral communities and jailhouse religion3824496UNINA