Do Overcrowding and Turnover Cause Violence in Prison?

Violence is common in prison and its individual risk factors are well documented. However, there is a mixed evidence on the relationship between prison violence and institutional factors, such as overcrowding and turnover, and recent research suggested that these factors may not be important or rele...

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Main Authors: Stéphanie Baggio, Nicolas Peigné, Patrick Heller, Laurent Gétaz, Michael Liebrenz, Hans Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01015/full