Moral Communities and Jailhouse Religion : Religiosity and Prison Misconduct.

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Author / Creator:	Meade, Benjamin.
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014. ��2014
Description:	1 online resource (254 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject:	Prisoners -- Religious life -- United States. Prison discipline -- United States. Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States. Prison psychology -- United States. Criminals -- Rehabilitation. Prison discipline. Prison psychology. Prisoners -- Religious life. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276314

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ISBN:	9781593327804 1593327803 9781593327583
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Meade examines the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct. The most important aspect of his work is an attempt to resolve unanswered questions in the existing research about the religiosity-inmate misconduct relationship using a national sample of inmates and rigorous statistical techniques. His basic thesis is that the mixed findings across studies may be attributed to issues concerning selection bias and/or contextual differences in religiosity across facilities. The findings from the studies indicate that selection bias could result in an underestimation of the magnitude of.
Other form:	Print version: Meade, Benjamin. Moral Communities and Jailhouse Religion : Religiosity and Prison Misconduct. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, ©2014 9781593327583

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