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Security Threat ALT
Security Threat ALT
William J. Morgan, Jr. is ABD at Capella University, a criminal justice professor at Erie Community College, and
a correction officer in the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
Abstract: Violence generated by inmates impacts the administration of the correctional facility; individual factors
are found to have a more compelling effect than institutional dynamics. Inmate behaviors that contribute to
prison violence in the United States are identified. Illustrated are institutional and individual factors correlated to
inmate violence. The methodology used is the examination of criminal justice text books and peer-reviewed
journal articles on the phenomenon of prison violence.
KEYWORDS: Gang activity, Inmates, Institutional factors, Individual factors, Prison violence