Abstract

Although the benefits of trust are well documented across a variety of settings, little empirical attention has been dedicated to trust in carceral settings, particularly among incarcerated women. Knowing how individuals in prison establish relationships of trust with one another is crucial for understanding how individuals adjust to conditions of confinement. Using data from 133 incarcerated women in a Pennsylvania prison unit, this study adopts a network approach to examine the role of individual and structural determinants of trust using exponential random graph models. Findings provide weak support for the claim that individual determinants (e.g. age, religious affiliation) shape whether women are more likely to trust someone to support them during an argument or a dispute. Instead, our findings show that structural determinants are the primary drivers of trust relationships. Trust is deeply entwined with friendship relations among women who get along with each other. Our approach paves a new path for the examination of trust in correctional settings and other criminological contexts.

摘要

尽管信任的好处在各种环境中都有很好的记录，但很少有经验关注对监狱环境的信任，特别是在被监禁的女性中。了解监狱中的个人如何相互建立信任关系对于了解个人如何适应监禁条件至关重要。本研究使用来自宾夕法尼亚州监狱单位的 133 名被监禁妇女的数据，采用网络方法使用指数随机图模型检查信任的个人和结构决定因素的作用。研究结果为以下观点提供了微弱的支持：个体决定因素（例如年龄、宗教信仰）决定了女性在争吵或争吵中是否更有可能信任某人来支持她们。反而，我们的研究结果表明，结构性决定因素是信任关系的主要驱动力。信任与相处的女性之间的友谊关系密切相关。我们的方法为检查惩教场所和其他犯罪环境中的信任铺平了新的道路。