White-Collar Offenders and the Prison Experience: An Empirical Examination of the “Special Sensitivity” to Imprisonment Hypothesis
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: population, and how the prison experience might impact the lives of white-collar offenders, both in prison and upon their release from incarceration.In an attempt to investigate these issues and address the special sensitivity hypothesis, the current study utilizes a male sample of incarcerated federal corrections inmates to explore differences between white-collar and street offenders.Specifically, demographic and social characteristics, as well as those involving attitudes, motivations, self-control, and personality attributes are examined among a male-only sample of prisoners incarcerated for white-collar offenses and non-white-collar offenses.Moreover, the current study examines the hypothesis that white-collar offenders are somehow more sensitive to the pains of imprisonment than offenders of the non-white-collar variety.The subsequent prison experiences of these offenders is examined and measured through a variety of prison adjustment measures during the course of their prison stay.Finally, implications of the findings are discussed with respect to how the justice and correctional systems may be affected by, and how they choose to respond to, whitecollar offending populations with different management, supervision, and treatment strategies.
Author: William A. Stadler
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1039181220