Assessment of prison escape risk

Shaffer, C. Edward; Bluoin, David; Pettigrew, C. Gary

doi:10.1007/bf02809199

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“…Sandhu (1996), in a study of murderer escapees in Oklahoma, identified a correlation between escapes and drug and alcohol abuse. In a number of studies, researchers examined the dependability of various clinical and supplemental scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory on predicting inmate escape risk but collectively produced inconsistent results (Fisher, 1977;Scott, Mount-Michael, & Duffy, 1977;Shaffer, Bluoin, & Pettigrew, 1985). In general, static factors have been shown to be more reliable than dynamic factors in predicting inmate escape.…”

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Frequency and Characteristics of Prison Escapes in the United States: An Analysis of National Data

Culp

2005

The Prison Journal

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This article presents findings of a study on prison escapes in the United States from 1988 through 1998, including escape frequencies, captures, characteristics of escapees, methods employed in escaping, violence against correctional staff, and escapee involvement in further crimes in the community. Secondary analysis of data sets from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data indicates changing escape rates, inmate characteristics, and prison characteristics through the time period. Analysis of newspaper accounts of 88 prison escapes from 1997 to 1998 provide information on the means used in escaping. The article suggests incorporating a routine activities perspective and multilevel models in research on prison incidents.

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Frequency and Characteristics of Prison Escapes in the United States: An Analysis of National Data

Culp

2005

The Prison Journal

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“…Escapees also tend to have a history of escaping (Murphy, 1984; Sandhu, 1996; Thornton & Speirs, 1985) and are approximately twice as likely to have a history of escape when compared with a control group of nonescapees (Holt, 1974). Similarly, escapees have generally been incarcerated more frequently (Basu, 1983; Holt, 1974), have longer criminal histories (Murphy, 1984; Shaffer, Bluoin, & Pettigrew, 1985), more parole violations (Basu, 1983; Murphy, 1984), and more institutional violations (Murphy, 1984; Stone, 1975) than nonescapees.…”

Section: Previous Escape Researchmentioning

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Escapes From Correctional Custody

2016

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Despite a shared interest in escapes from correctional custody by policy makers, facility administrators, media, and the public, there is a dearth of empirical research on this event. Our study synthesizes prior research, distinguishing between inmate-, incident-, and facility-level variables. We introduce the Correctional Incident Database, which employs a novel approach for collecting escape data. Finally, we describe a sample of 611 inmates involved in 503 escape incidents from 398 facilities. Our findings indicate that escapes from jail are a frequent, yet overlooked, phenomenon. The results also challenge the (mis)perception that escapes are often sensational and violent events.

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Situational Prison Control

Wortley

2002

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This book examines the control of problem behaviour in prison from a situational crime prevention perspective. Following the success of situational crime prevention in community settings, Richard Wortley argues that the same principles can be used to help reduce the levels of assault, rape, self-harm, drug use, escape and collective violence in our prison systems. This pioneering new study proposes a two-stage model of situational prevention that moves beyond traditional opportunity-reduction: it attempts to reconcile the contradictory urges to control prison disorder by 'tightening-up' and hardening the prison environment on the one hand, and 'loosening-off' and normalising it on the other. Combining a comprehensive synthesis and evaluation of existing research with original investigation and ground-breaking conclusions, Situational Prison Control will be of great interest to academics and practitioners both in the areas of correction and crime prevention more generally.

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Assessment of prison escape risk

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

Frequency and Characteristics of Prison Escapes in the United States: An Analysis of National Data

Frequency and Characteristics of Prison Escapes in the United States: An Analysis of National Data

Escapes From Correctional Custody

Situational Prison Control

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