Reducing Prison Violence By More Effective inmate Management: An Experiment Field Test of the Prisoner Management Classification (Pmc) System in Washington State, 1987-1988 (ICPSR 9665)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
James Austin

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09665.v1

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Summary

The purpose of this collection was to measure the extent to which the Prisoner Management Classification (PMC) system in Washington state improved overall operations of prison facilities and reduced safety risks to inmates and staff. Four primary issues were addressed: (1) To what extent the PMC reduces rates of assaults on staff and inmates, (2) To what extent the PMC reduces rates of other serious misconduct, (3) To what extent the PMC increases rates of inmate participation in work or vocational programs, and (4) To what extent the PMC enhances staff job satisfaction, morale, and staff performance. Information is included on outcome variables against which comparisons between the experimental and control groups can be made. For each correctional facility, figures were collected for the number of staff-inmate assaults, number of inmate-inmate assaults, number of suicides and suicide attempts, number of escapes and escape attempts, number of "serious" disciplinary incidents, number of total staff, number of inmates, number of security staff vacancies, rated capacity of the facility, number of staff transfers and reasons, and number of inmates involved in educational, vocational, and work programs. Demographic variables include date of birth, sex, and race. Additional information concerns the family structure of the inmates and conditions surrounding the inmates' lives prior to entering prison.

Citation

Austin, James. Reducing Prison Violence By More Effective inmate Management: An Experiment Field Test of the Prisoner Management Classification (Pmc) System in Washington State, 1987-1988. [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09665.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (87-IJ-CX-0014)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1987 -- 1988

Date of Collection

1988
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Sample

A random sample of those inmates admitted to the Washington Department of Corrections and classified as medium-security risks.

Universe

All persons admitted to the Washington Department of Corrections in 1987 and 1988.

Data Source

records kept by the Research and Planning Section of Washington State's Department of Corrections

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Original Release Date

1992-03-09

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Austin, James. REDUCING PRISON VIOLENCE BY MORE EFFECTIVE INMATE MANAGEMENT: AN EXPERIMENT FIELD TEST OF THE PRISONER MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATION (PMC) SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON STATE, 1987-1988. San Francisco, CA: National Council on Crime and Delinquency [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09665.v1

2006-01-18 File CB9665.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.