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High-security Prisons

High-Security Prisons is a type of correctional facility characterized by the highest level of inmate supervision and containment, distinguished by enhanced physical barriers, advanced surveillance systems, restricted inmate movement, and a concentration of resources on preventing escapes and managing inmates classified as posing serious threats to security.

145

Publications

6.1K

Citations

360

Authors

175

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

28

Variants

Maximum-security Prisons

Parents

Publications

145

Total confinement: madness and reason in the maximum security prison

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 346 citations

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Personal Precautions to Violence in Prison

Richard C. McCorkle · Criminal Justice and Behavior · 1992 · 141 citations

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THE EFFECT OF SUPERMAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS ON AGGREGATE LEVELS OF INSTITUTIONAL VIOLENCE*

Chad S. Briggs, Jody L. Sundt, Thomas C. Castellano · Criminology · 2003 · 131 citations

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A comparison of offenders with intellectual disability across three levels of security

Todd Hogue, Lesley Steptoe, John L. Taylor et al. · Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health · 2006 · 125 citations · Full text

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Organizational Goals and Inmate Organization

Bernard B. Berk · American Journal of Sociology · 1966 · 121 citations

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Authors

360

  1. CH
    Christopher Hensley

    Morehead State University, United States

    8 publications · 361 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. SE
    Suzanne E. Tallichet

    Morehead State University, United States

    8 publications · 361 citations

    8

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  3. CD
    Conor Duggan

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 135 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. EL
    Elaine Larson

    Columbia University, United States

    4 publications · 189 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. EM
    Estelle Moore

    Broadmoor Hospital, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 99 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

175

  1. Morehead State University

    Morehead, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    332 citations

  2. Broadmoor Hospital

    Crowthorne, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    444 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    363 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

    Chattanooga, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    255 citations

  5. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    254 citations

  6. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    323 citations

  7. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    345 citations

  8. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    282 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

    10 publications · 261 citations

    10

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  3. The Prison Journal

    TPJ · 5 publications · 260 citations

    5

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  4. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

    CBMH · 5 publications · 202 citations

    5

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  5. The British Journal of Criminology

    4 publications · 176 citations

    4

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