There’s a surprisingly simple way to reduce misbehavior in prisons, but will anyone pay attention?
There’s a surprisingly simple way to reduce misbehavior in prisons, but will anyone pay attention?
- October 10, 2026
- Kristin Turney, sociology, shares expertise with IFL Science and MSN News
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When gasoline prices fell for a few months in 2018, so did violence in California prisons, and a new study shows this wasn’t a coincidence. … Professor Kristin Turney of the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues realized that sometimes economics can mimic the conditions criminologists want to test. … “These results indicate that increased visitation can lead to substantive reductions in violent and high-risk incidents – particularly use-of-force events and interpersonal battery – that pose the greatest threats to institutional safety for both incarcerated individuals and correctional staff,” the authors write.
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