A study of criminal behavior patterns in convicted felons both before and during incarceration.

Title: A study of criminal behavior patterns in convicted felons both before and during incarceration.
Identifier: AAI9009726
identifier: 9009726
Creator: De Luca, Henry R.
Contributor: Adviser: Carl F. Wiedeman
Date: 1989
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Sociology, Criminology and Penology | Sociology, Social Structure and Development
Abstract: Categories of crime, which resulted in incarceration, were compared with categories of misbehavior which were documented during a six month incarceration period. Data for the study were collected from institutional records of 621 convicted male felons imprisoned in a New York State maximum security correctional institution. Crimes of conviction were classified as Aggression, Property-related, Drug-related, and Other or Manipulative. These four categories were utilized to classify inmate misbehavior. A fifth category, None, identified inmates who had no disciplinary reports. Inmate misbehavior was also classified by levels of seriousness and by the frequency of violations. The study refutes the concept of habituation and tends to indicate that the prediction of inmate misbehavior based on demographic or situational characteristics or on the crime of commitment is not possible with substantial effect.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

Media: A study of criminal behavior patterns in convicted felons both before and during incarceration.