Gangs on the Street, Gangs in Prison: Their Nature, Interrelationship, Control, and Re-Entry, Texas, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 37859)

Version Date: Sep 15, 2021

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Principal Investigator(s):
Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University; David C. Pyrooz, University of Colorado, Boulder

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37859.v1

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Alternate Title

LoneStar Project, Texas Study of Trajectories, Associations, and Reentry

Summary

This study includes 802 interviews that were conducted in two Texas prisons with inmates who were within a week of release. 532 of these individuals were re-interviewed within roughly one month of their release and 482 were re-interviewed roughly nine months after release. In addition to interviews, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Records were made available to the research team and half of the interviews were conducted with identified gang members. This study assesses whether gang members can be surveyed in prisons with fidelity and reports descriptive statistics on gang and non-gang members. More than forty separate scales were included in the interview.

Citation

Decker, Scott H., and Pyrooz, David C. Gangs on the Street, Gangs in Prison: Their Nature, Interrelationship, Control, and Re-Entry, Texas, 2016-2018. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-09-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37859.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2014-MU-CX-0111)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

None.

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2016 -- 2018

Date of Collection

2016-04 -- 2018-02

Data Collection Notes

  1. For a full description of the study, see Mitchell, McCullough, Wu, Pyrooz and Decker, "Survey Research with Gang and Non-gang Members in Prison: Operational Lessons from the LoneStar Project, 2018. Trends in Organized Crime" https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-018-9331-1
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Study Purpose

The purpose of this study is to address a variety of issues of significant importance to the study of gangs, corrections and the intersection of those two topics. These include the inmate code, radicalization and activism among inmates, methods of study in prisons, victimization, health, and procedural justice.

Study Design

802 interviews were conducted with inmates who were within a week of release. 532 of these individuals were re-interviewed within roughly one month of their release. 482 were re-interviewed roughly nine months after release.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Prison Inmates in 2 Texas prisons.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

This study addresses a variety of issues of significant importance to the study of gangs, corrections and the intersection of those two topics. The variables include and reference the inmate code, radicalization and activism among inmates, methods of study in prisons, victimization, health, and procedural justice.

Response Rates

Not available.

Presence of Common Scales

Many Likert-like scales are included in this study. For full scale information, please see the questionnaires.

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Original Release Date

2021-09-15

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Weight

Not available.

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