Patterns of Change in Prisonization

Abstract

Research on prisonization has traditionally analyzed cross-sectional data testing either the importation or deprivation model. This investigation incorporates a longitudinal research design to analyze patterns of change in prisonization. Variables including individual status factors, prisoner status factors, factors specific to present incarceration, and features of current incarceration are used to monitor the process of change over a six-month period. Race, criminal record, and total years spent in prison are all significant in explaining shifts in degrees of prisonization.