Federal Bureau of Prisons

Published Reports

• Key Summaries

  2012	BOP Drug Treatment Programs Work: Treatment of Inmates' Addictions to Drugs (TRIAD)
  2012	FPI and Vocational Training Works: Post-Release Employment Project (PREP)
  2012	The Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime

• Classification

  2001	Gender Differences in Predictors of Prison Violence: Assessing the Predictive Validity of a Risk Classification System

• Drug Treatment Program Evaluations

  2000	Antisocial Personality and Depression Among Incarcerated Drug Treatment Participants
  2000	BOP TRIAD Drug Treatment Evaluation Three-Year Outcome Report
  2001	Alternative Solutions to the Problem of Selection Bias in an Analysis of Federal Residential Drug Treatment Programs
  2001	Effect of Drug Treatment on Inmate Misconduct in Federal Prisons, The
  2001	Federal Prison Residential Drug Treatment Reduces Substance Use and Arrests After Release
  2001	Gender Differences Among Prisoners in Drug Treatment
  2001	TRIAD Drug Treatment Evaluation Project Final Report of Three-Year Outcomes: Part I
  2002	Comparison of Background Characteristics and Behaviors of African American, Hispanic, and White Substance Abusers Treated in Federal Prison: Results from the TRIAD Study
  2003	Comparison of Background Characteristics and Behaviors of African American, Hispanic, and White Substance Abusers Treated in Federal Prison: Results from the TRIAD Study
  2003	Correlates of Drug Treatment Outcomes for African American and White Male Federal Prisoners: Results from the TRIAD
  2003	Gender Differences in Outcomes from Prison-Based Residential Treatment
  2003	Moving Towards a Federal Criminal Justice System
  2003	Staying in Treatment: How Much Difference is There From Prison to Prison? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  2004	Gender Differences in Treatment Entry and Retention Among Prisoners with Substance Abuse Histories
  2004	Interagency Priorities at the Crossroads: Aftercare Among Drug Users
  2005	A Review of Gender Differences Among Substance Abusers Appendix: Characteristics Chart
  2005	Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes: A Multi-Site Study of Male and Female Prison Programs

• Education and Training Program Evaluations

  1985	PREP: Post Release Employment Project Interim Report
  1995	Prison Education Program Participation and Recidivism: A Test of the Normalization Hypothesis
  1997	PREP: Training Inmates Through Industrial Work Participation and Vocational and Apprenticeship Instruction
  1999	The Differential Effect of Industries and Vocational Training on Post Release Outcome for Ethnic and Racial Groups
  2004	Effect of Comparison to Random Sample from the General Population
  2006	Commentary About the Scientific Merit of the Post Release Employment Project (PREP)

• Equity and Diversity Issues

  1995	Gender and Racial Differences in Perceptions of Career Opportunities and the Work Environment in a Traditionally White, Male Occupation: Correctional Workers in the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  1995	Perceptions of Job Advancement Opportunities: A Multilevel Investigation of Race and Gender Effects
  1997	Affirmative Action and the "Level Playing Field:" Comparing Perceptions of Own and Minority Job Advancement Opportunities
  1999	The Differential Effect of Industries and Vocational Training on Post Release Outcome for Ethnic and Racial Groups
  2001	Gender Differences Among Prisoners in Treatment
  2001	Gender Differences in Predictors of Prison Violence: Assessing the Predictive Validity of a Risk Classification System
  2001	Racial Diversity of Correctional Workers and Inmates: Organizational Commitment, Teamwork and Worker Efficacy in Prisons
  2005	Perceptions of Minority and Female Opportunities for Job Advancement: Prison Staff and Beliefs about Equal Opportunities

• General Program Evaluations

  1991	Electronically Monitored Home Confinement: Not a Panacea for Corrections, But a Useful Tool
  1993	Boot Camp for Prisoners
  1995	Electronic Monitoring vs. Halfway Houses: A Study of Federal Offenders
  1996	Bureau of Prisons: Expanding Intermediate Sanctions Through Intensive Confinement Centers
  1997	Survey on the Effectiveness of the Comprehensive Sanctions Centers
  1998	Adult Correctional Treatment
  2002	Review of the book Reform in the Making: The Implementation of Social Policy in Prison by Ann Chih Lin
  2005	An Exploration into Participation in a Faith-Based Prison Program: The Bureau of Prisons and the Life Connections Program

• Prison Management

  1988	Developing a Strategic Support System: Monitoring the Bureau's Performance via Trends in Key Indicators
  1988	Developing a Strategic Support System: Putting Social Science Research into Practice to Improve Prison Management
  1994	Assessing the Effects of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction on Turnover: An Event History Approach
  1994	Design, Development, and Maintenance of Strategic Support Systems for Correctional Agencies, The
  1995	Aggregate Work Environment Measures and Job Separations at the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  1995	Monitoring Organizational Performance
  1995	Perceptions of Job Advancement Opportunities: A Multilevel Investigation of Race and Gender Effects
  1997	Job Control and Occupational Outcomes Among Prison Workers
  1997	Modeling and Graphing Organizational Processes in Pursuit of Performance Benchmarks: Methods for Establishing and Evaluating Performance Measures
  1999	Creating Performance Measures from Survey Data: A Practical Discussion
  2000	Private Prisons in the United States, 1999: An Assessment of Growth, Performance, Custody Standards, and Training Requirements
  2003	The Influence of Prisons on Inmate Misconduct: A Multilevel Investigation
  2005	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Back Again the Next Day: Absenteeism and Its Antecedents Among Federal Correctional Staff
  2005	Rewards and Challenges of Pursuing Research in a Correctional Agency, The
  2006	The Influence of Organizational Incentives on Absenteeism: Sick Leave Use Among Correctional Workers

• Public vs. Private Prisons

  1998	The Performance of Privately Operated Prisons: A Review of Research
  2000	Private Prisons in the United States, 1999: An Assessment of Growth, Performance, Custody Standards, and Training Requirements
  2001	Assessing Prison Performance from the Inmate's View: Comparing Private and Public Prisons
  2001	Private Adult Prisons: What Do We Really Know and Why Don’t We Know More
  2002	Growth and Quality of U.S. Private Prisons: Evidence from a National Survey
  2002	Quality of Prison Operations in the Federal Sector: A Comparison with a Private Prison
  2002	Using Inmate Survey Data in Assessing Prison Performance: A Case Study Comparing Private and Public Prisons
  2005	Competition in Corrections: Comparing Public and Private Sector Operations
  2005	Evaluation of the Taft Demonstration Project: Performance of a Private-Sector Prison and the BOP
  2005	Quality of Operations at Private and Public Prisons: Using Trends in Inmate Misconduct to Compare Prisons

• Prison Conditions and Environment

  1984	Surveying Prison Environments Figures
  1992	Correspondence of Objective and Subjective Measures of Prison Climates - A "Casual" Analysis, The
  1993	Meta-Analysis and the Rehabilitation of Punishment
  1994	Assessing the Effects of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction on Turnover: An Event History Approach
  1994	Prison Crowding Research Reexamined
  1995	Gender and Racial Differences in Perceptions of Career Opportunities and the Work Environment in a Traditionally White, Male Occupation: Correctional Workers in the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  1996	Prison Social Climate Survey Reliability and Validity Analyses of the Work Environment Constructs
  1997	Affirmative Action and the "Level Playing Field:" Comparing Perceptions of Own and Minority Job Advancement Opportunities
  1997	Aggregating Individual-Level Evaluations of the Organizational Social Climate: A Multilevel Investigation of the Work Environment at the Federal Bureau of Prisons
  1999	Do Inmate Survey Data Reflect Prison Conditions? Using Surveys to Assess Prison Conditions of Confinement
  2001	Effect of Drug Treatment on Inmate Misconduct in Federal Prisons, The
  2001	Racial Diversity of Correctional Workers and Inmates: Organizational Commitment, Teamwork and Worker Efficacy in Prisons
  2005	Criminogenic Effects of the Prison Environment on Inmate Behavior: Some Experimental Evidence

• Recidivism

  1994	Recidivism Among Federal Prison Releases in 1987
  1995	Prison Education Program Participation and Recidivism: A Test of the Normalization Hypothesis
  1996	Evaluation of Post-Release Success for the First 4 Classes Graduating from the Lewisburg Intensive Confinement Center
  1997	PREP: Training Inmates Through Industrial Work Participation and Vocational and Apprenticeship Instruction
  1999	Differential Effect of Industries and Vocational Training on Post Release Outcome for Ethnic and Racial Groups, The
  2000	Alternative Solutions to the Problem of Selection Bias in an Analysis of Federal Residential Drug Treatment Programs
  2001	Federal Prison Residential Drug Treatment Reduces Substance Use and Arrests After Release
  2006	Commentary About the Scientific Merit of the Post Release Employment Project (PREP)