Factors related to escape prediction
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pilcher, Wayland D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stone, William E.,1950- | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Beto, George J. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Bramlett, Billy W. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Killinger, George G. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Pilcher, Wayland D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-01T14:38:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-01T14:38:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1975-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: This dissertation reports the findings of a study conducted in the Texas penal complex to create an escape prediction scale. This study had three basic purposes: 1. Conduct a survey of what each of the other fifty states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, currently possessed in the way of escape prediction devices. 2. Create a profile of the escape offender in the Texas Department of Corrections. 3. Create an effective escape prediction scale which could be used by the Texas Department of Corrections. Methods: One hundred sixty-four variables were analyzed upon 226 inmates, 110 of whom were escapees and 116 of whom were non-escapees, in an attempt to discover variables which were significantly related to escape. The analysis was conducted through the use of a multiple-linear regression statistic in conjunction with factor analysis. Findings: The results indicated that there were nine variables significantly related to attempting to escape. The nine significant variables were: length of sentence; age at time of commitment; present offense of robbery; ethnic group; addiction to opiates; AWOLs during military service; escapes or attempts from other institutions; and number of solitary confinements during confinement. These nine variables were then arranged into an escape prediction scale in which the variables were weighted according to their relationship with escapes. This scale was then used to score the 226 inmates studied and its ability to differentiate escapees from nonescapees determined in this fashion. This dissertation reports both the creation of the escape prediction scale and its subsequent validation upon the inmate group. The results of the validation of the escape scale indicated that it had a relatively strong ability to differentiate between the escape sample and the nonescape sample in this study. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/4853 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Sam Houston State University | |
| dc.subject | Escape (Law) | |
| dc.subject | Prison psychology | |
| dc.subject | Criminal Psychology | |
| dc.title | Factors related to escape prediction | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Criminal Justice | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Sam Houston State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy |