Examining the empirical relationship between prison crowding and inmate misconduct: A meta-analysis of conflicting research results |
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Authors: | Travis W. Franklin Cortney A. Franklin Travis C. Pratt |
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Affiliation: | Department of Political Science/Criminal Justice, Washington State University, 801 Johnson Tower, Pullman, WA 99164-4880, United States |
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Abstract: | Incarceration rates in the United States dramatically increased over the past several decades. This trend has drawn significant academic attention to prison overcrowding and its potential effect on inmate misconduct. The empirical relationship between inmate misconduct and overcrowding, however, is less than clear. To be sure, studies indicating positive, negative, and null relationships can all be found in the literature. The current research subjects this body of literature to a meta-analysis in an effort to: (1) clarify the direction and strength of the relationship between overcrowding and rates of prison misconduct across all studies, and (2) to uncover the degree to which variation in research outcomes can be attributed to methodological differences across studies. Results indicate that prison crowding has little substantive impact on inmate misconduct. Implications of the findings are discussed in detail. |
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