內容簡介
This book distills thirty years of research on the impacts of jail and
prison environments. The research program began with evaluations of new
jails that were created by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which had a novel
design intended to provide a nontraditional and safe environment for
pretrial inmates, and documented the stunning success of these jails in
reducing tension and violence. This book uses assessments of this new
model as a basis for considering the nature of environment and behavior
in correctional settings, and more broadly in all human settings. It
provides a critical review of research on jail environments and of
specific issues critical to the way they are experienced and places them
in historical and theoretical context. It presents a contextual model
for the way environment influences the chance of violence.