Social isolation and inmate behavior: A conceptual framework for theorizing prison visitation and guiding and assessing research

Joshua C. Cochran and Daniel P. Mears

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2013, vol. 41, issue 4, 252-261

Abstract: Scholarship suggests that prison visitation is important because it allows inmates access to social ties that, in turn, can offset social isolation and help inmates cope with the transition back into society upon release. Only a small number of empirical assessments of visitation exist, however, and existing studies have typically overlooked how the heterogeneity inherent in visitation may influence whether visitation is beneficial, harmful, or has no effect. The goal of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for theorizing this heterogeneity and its impacts, evaluating visitation research, and guiding future research aimed at estimating visitation effects.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.05.001

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