Collective efficacy on the yard

• In Event: Roundtable: Insights from the Women in Orange - Topics emerging from qualitative interviews with women in prison

Abstract

Collective efficacy refers to the shared expectations of behavior in a community which rely on mutual trust and understanding between residents of the community. Using the Women in Orange dataset, the paper examines the criminological concept of collective efficacy within and across yards at one women’s prison.

Authors

• Cassandra Philippon, University of Central Florida

• Alex Lewis, University of Central Florida

• Kelly Blaus, University of Central Florida