Title

The Jail And The Community: Comparing Jails In Rural And Urban Contexts

Keywords

jails; rural; urban

Abstract

Most of the available research on jails focuses on large institutions, located in urban areas. In this study we empirically consider whether this emphasis shortchanges our understanding of jails by comparing 2,638 rural and urban jails on four dimensions: jail size and use, inmate characteristics, staff characteristics, and inmate services. Our results reveal several important cleavages between rural and urban jails. Based on our findings and a conception of jails as influenced in meaningful ways by their social, political, and organizational contexts, we suggest avenues for future research on local incarceration. © 2008, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

The Prison Journal

Volume

88

Issue

2

Number of Pages

252-269

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885508319207

Socpus ID

44949159135 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/44949159135

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