Predicting troublemaking offenders: A discriminant analysis |
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Authors: | E Duane Davis Finn-Aage Esbensen |
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Institution: | (1) Western Carolina University, Western Carolina, USA;(2) University of Colorado at Boulder, Bouler, USA |
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Abstract: | Violence, attempted escapes, thefts, persistent rule violations, and other extreme forms of maladaptive prison behavior have
created problems for correctional authorities since congregate confinement became the watchword in American corrections. The
evolution of prisoner classification programs has aided prison administrators in their attempts to recognize potential behavioral
problems but the subjective nature of a number of state classification models has resulted in a continuous wave of litigation
and fiscal constraints. The objective of this paper is to provide a prediction model to assist in the classification of adult
prisoners. Data on all members of the Georgia adult, male prison population from 1971 to 1978 were used as a baseline. A sample
was chosen from inmates in long-term disciplinary segregation whose files contained all necessary demographic, psychometric
and judicial variables. A discriminant analysis of these two groups identified 14 variables which correctly assigned inmates
in 85% of the cases. The predictive variables include both demographic and personality characteristics. |
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