Background: Prison can be characterized as an impoverished environment encouraging a sedentary lifestyle with limited autonomy and social interaction, which may negatively affect self-control and executive function. Here, we aim to study the effects of imprisonment on self-control and executive functions, and we report the change in neuropsychological outcome after 3 months of imprisonment. Mat...

Although much research has focused on how imprisonment transforms the life course of disadvantaged black men, researchers have paid little attention to how parental imprisonment alters the social experience of childhood. This article estimates the risk of parental imprisonment by age 14 for black and white children born in 1978 and 1990. This article also estimates the risk of parental imprison...

In Serbia, disputes have been going on for years (which are also the subject of many congresses) about regulation most severe types punishment. The criminal policy country shows a tendency to toughen penalties. By attracting lot media attention and putting pressure state institutions concerning certain tragic events caused by murder rape minors, including children, some members public hysterica...

The current study is a partial replication of previous studies designed to estimate the level of risk posed by capital murder defendants. The study draws on data describing the behavior of nearly 2,000 incarcerated capital murderers to forecast violence propensity among defendants sentenced to life imprisonment. Logistic regression is used to model various violence outcomes, relying on the foll...

So many medical men in Government service in India of all grades are concerned in prison administration that the publication of this little paper-bound volume by Col. Barker will be very welcome. It is a presentation of the present position with regard to Indian prisons, and a suggestion for future policy and improvements, based on the author's long experience of prison administration in the Ce...