NCJ Number
242753
Journal
Journal of Crime and Justice Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Dated: March 2013 Pages: 116-136
Date Published
March 2013
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This study examined the benefits of having a friend (i.e., an inmate who helped make another inmate a better person) in prison for males and females.
Abstract
The present study explored the benefits of having a friend (i.e., an inmate who helped make another inmate a better person) in prison for males and females. Additional qualitative and quantitative analyses explored gender differences in terms of the frequency with which male and female inmates reported having violent physical encounters in prison, gender differences in inmates' reasons for fighting physically, and gender differences between inmates who reported having a close friend and their likelihood of engaging in prison violence. Incarcerated men and women provided similar descriptions of quality friendship; however, men fought more frequently and for different reasons than women did. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.