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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
44949159135 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/44949159135
STARS Citation
Applegate, Brandon K. and Sitren, Alicia H., "The Jail And The Community: Comparing Jails In Rural And Urban Contexts" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 10749.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/10749