State level data from fifty states for 1983, a period of severe economic recession and 1987, a period of relative economic recovery, are incorporated into separate multivariate analyses to determine if variations in the economy and other social structural factors, controlling for crime, exert significant influence on the application of social controls in 1983 and 1987. Particular attention is given to the relevance of labor market marginality, race, alternate controls and fiscal constraints for the various forms of punishment. Previous empirical research on formal social control has primarily focused on dependent variables which represent only a fraction of those under control--prison population and/or prison admissions. This study expands the study of social control beyond prison population and admissions by incorporating separate analyses of jail, probation, parole, and juvenile imprisonment as dependent variables. This research provides evidence to support the thesis that social structure exerts direct influence on various forms of punishment, controlling for crime effects. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0953. / Major Professor: Theodore Chiricos. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76588 |
| Contributors | Johnson, William Wesley., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 136 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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