Inmate-on-inmate Female Violence in Prisons

• In Event: Poster Session I

Abstract

The aim of the proposed research is to examine the causes of inmate-on-inmate female violence in prisons. The main research question will ask what variables are responsible for inmate-on-inmate female violence in prisons. The study will test the hypothesis; “Prison environment predicts the increase of inmate-on-inmate female violence in prison. The study will be based on the already collected data set, which is already identified by the researcher, that is; “Women Coping in Prison at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia, 1999-2000 (1CPSR 3354).”
The study will be secondary in nature, with a proposed sample size of 80 subjects. Data collection methods will be basically quantitative with a qualitative literature review.
The researcher will use Statistics for Social Science as a computer software program (SPSS), data will be statistically analyzed at two levels. The univariate analysis will involve the use of frequency distribution tables, graphs. The bivariate analysis will be performed with cross tabulation to establish and explain the relationships between the dependent and independent variables. After the analysis, the researcher will then make interpretations and discussions of the findings as portrayed by the statistical tables.

Authors

• Catherine Nakato, California State University, Fresno

• Peter English, California State University, Fresno