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Faith Behind Bars: An Explicit Test of the Moral Community Hypothesis in the Correctional Environment

NCJ Number
231292
Journal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 49 Issue: 5 Dated: July 2010 Pages: 342-362
Author(s)
Paul W. Sturgis
Date Published
July 2010
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This study evaluates the explanatory power of the moral community hypothesis in the correctional environment.
Abstract
The explanatory power of the moral community hypothesis is evaluated through an analysis of survey data collected from a sample of 11,789 State prison inmates housed in 275 prisons located throughout the United States. The results of the multilevel regression analysis are not consistent with what would be predicted by the moral community hypothesis. The theoretical implications of this line of research are also discussed. Tables, notes, and references (Published Abstract)