Examining the empirical relationship between prison crowding and inmate misconduct: A meta-analysis of conflicting research results

摘要: Incarceration rates in the United States dramatically increased over past several decades. This trend has drawn significant academic attention to prison overcrowding and its potential effect on inmate misconduct. The empirical relationship between misconduct overcrowding, however, is less than clear. To be sure, studies indicating positive, negative, null relationships can all found literature. current research subjects this body of literature a meta-analysis an effort to: (1) clarify direction strength across studies, (2) uncover degree which variation outcomes attributed methodological differences studies. Results indicate that crowding little substantive impact Implications findings are discussed detail.