To date, the empirical literature exploring the effect of prior military service has focused almost exclusively on crime outcomes. There is extensive literature exploring the effect of prior military service on the likelihood of being arrested, sentencing outcomes, and sentenced to prison. However, there remains a lack of understanding regard the various effects of prior military service on prison misconduct and post-prison recidivism outcomes for released inmates. This dissertation adds to the literature on prison misconduct and post-release recidivism by examining the effect of military service, and among veteran inmates the effect of prior service in each of the four military branches, on offender misconduct in prison and recidivism outcomes. Using data from the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), the current study examines the effects of prior military service in comparison to release from prison with no prior military history for a cohort of 187,739 inmates released from Florida’s prisons between January 2004 and December 2011. Given the lack of empirical research surrounding this topic, an extensive analysis of the two groups (veterans and nonveterans), and analyses among veterans across the four military branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines), is conduct first in order to establish a basis for further analyses. Next, logistic regression, ordinary least squares (OLS), and survival analysis methods are used to examine factors that predict the effect of military service on prison misconduct and the likelihood of post-prison recidivism within one, two, and three years of prison release. Findings indicate that prior military service has an effect on prison misconduct and post-release recidivism. Theoretical and policy implications are also discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester 2019. / April 18, 2019. / military, prison misconduct, recidivism, veterans / Includes bibliographical references. / William D. Bales, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maxine Deloris Jones, University Representative; Carter Hay, Committee Member; Patricia Y. Warren, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_709723 |
| Contributors | Borkowski, Elizabeth Lynn (author), Bales, William D. (Professor Directing Dissertation), Jones, Maxine Deloris (University Representative), Hay, Carter H. (Committee Member), Warren, Patricia Y. (Committee Member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Criminology and Criminal Justice (degree granting college) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (152 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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