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Friend or foe? Race, age, and inmate perceptions of inmate-staff relations
✍ Scribed by Craig Hemmens; James W. Marquart
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0047-2352
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✦ Synopsis
The correctional research literature is rife with studies of inmate adjustment patterns. Early studies assumed inmates were part of a monolithic whole, though later research suggested factors such as race, age, and socioeconomic status affect inmate adjustment to prison life. This research focused on the relationship between age and race/ ethnicity and perceptions of one aspect of the institutional experience, inmate-staff relations. A survey of recently released Texas inmates revealed that race and age have a major impact on inmate perceptions of staff.