PRISON DISCIPLINARY TICKETS - A TEST OF THE DEPRIVATION AND IMPORTATION MODELS

Competing models of prison rule violation exist in criminology. The de privation model proposes that inmate rule infraction is the product of the the stressful and oppressive conditions within the prison itself In contrast, the importation model argues that characteristics of indi viduals that predate confinement, such as race and gender, are critica l factors in determining modes of inmate adjustment. Individual-level data from the Ohio correctional bureau are used to evaluate the effica cy of these two models. The results of analyses support the importatio n model over the relative deprivation model. The implications of the s tudy are discussed within the limitations of the darn. (C) 1997 Elsevi er Science Ltd.