Unpacking the relationship between age and prison misconduct

Colby L. Valentine, Daniel P. Mears and William D. Bales

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2015, vol. 43, issue 5, 418-427

Abstract: Age constitutes one of the most robust correlates of prison misconduct—younger inmates are more likely to commit infractions. Minimal theoretical or empirical attention, however, has been given to the potential nonlinear effect of age on misconduct. The current study examines the age-misconduct relationship and how it may vary by timing of misconduct after admission and by type of infraction. The paper also assesses the utility of different nonlinear transformations to estimate the age-misconduct relationship.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2015.05.001

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