STRAIN EXPERIENCED IN PRISON AND ITS IMPACT ON PERCEPTION OF THE PRISON ENVIRONMENT AND THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM

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dc.contributor.advisorMcKenzie, Doris Len_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith-Kea, Nicola Deniseen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-19T06:46:59Z
dc.date.available2010-02-19T06:46:59Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractAgnew's <bold>General Strain Theory</bold> (GST) is unique in that it emphasizes individual relationships and focuses on negative relationship at the individual level. It claims that if people are not treated the way they want to be treated, then that will generate negative emotions, which would in turn lead to crime. Originally designed to explain adolescent delinquency and adolescent drug use, majority of empirical work testing GST has been done on juvenile populations. Using a sample of incarcerated adult males, this study examines the relationship between strain experienced while incarcerated and the inmates' perception of the prison environment, as well as its impact on recidivism. The present study uses secondary data from the "Experimental Study of the Maryland Correctional Boot Camp for Adults." OLS indicates that there is a weak relationship between strain and perception of the prison environment; while a logistic regression reveals no relationship between strain and recidivism.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9885
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Criminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGeneral Strain Theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIncarcerated Adult Malesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPrison Environmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPrison Perceptionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRecidivismen_US
dc.titleSTRAIN EXPERIENCED IN PRISON AND ITS IMPACT ON PERCEPTION OF THE PRISON ENVIRONMENT AND THE RATE OF RECIDIVISMen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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