Social isolation and inmate behavior: A conceptual framework for theorizing prison visitation and guiding and assessing research

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The Effects of Prisoner Attachment to Family on Re-entry Outcomes: A Longitudinal Assessment (2016, background): “Existing research has frequently identified the negative effect of prison on prisoners’ abilities to maintain contact with family (Hairston 1991; Cochran and Mears 2013; Duwe and Clark 2013), and there is little reason to expect that already damaged relations can be meaningfully repaired in such an ”
Families coming together in prison: An examination of visitation encounters (2016, background): “Considering the mixed findings on the impact of prison visitation on recidivism, scholars note the need for studies that tap into the nature of visitation experiences, across a diverse group of prisoners and visitor types (Cochran and Mears, 2013).”
Inmates’ Experiences with Prison Visitation (2019, background): “So while, on balance, visits can be positive for inmates, there is certainly variability that needs to be explored (Bales & Mears, 2008; Cochran & Mears, 2013; Mears et al., 2012).”
Breaches in the Wall (2014, background): “To account for the potential effect of in-prison misconduct on recidivism (e.g., Cochran et al. 2013; Trulson, DeLisi, and Marquart 2011) and visitation opportunities, the analyses include a variety score measure of in-prison misconduct that ranges from 0 to 7, and counts the number of the…”