Inmate misconduct continues to threaten safety and order within correctional institutions. Yet few studies have examined its longitudinal nature. In this paper we explore the correspondence between correctional programming and inmate misconduct. To do this, we draw from Linning et al.’s time-course framework devised to improve the design and evaluation of interventions by considering effects that can occur before, during, and after programming. We provide the first empirical demonstration of their framework using prisoner misconduct data collected from all Ohio prisons between January 2008 and June 2012. A cross-lagged panel analysis provides support for the use of a time-course framework. Results show that misconduct decreased during programming. However, we observed increases in misconduct prior to and following exposure to programming. Our results suggest that future work needs to improve our understanding of causal mechanisms of inmate misconduct and when their effects are expected.

囚犯的不当行为继续威胁惩教机构内的安全和秩序。然而，很少有研究检查其纵向性质。在本文中，我们探讨了惩教计划与犯人不当行为之间的对应关系。为此，我们借鉴了 Linning 等人的时间进程框架，该框架旨在通过考虑在规划之前、之中和之后可能发生的影响来改进干预措施的设计和评估。我们使用从 2008 年 1 月至 2012 年 6 月期间从所有俄亥俄州监狱收集的囚犯不当行为数据提供了他们框架的第一次实证演示。交叉滞后面板分析为使用时间进程框架提供了支持。结果表明，在编程过程中，不当行为减少了。然而，我们观察到在接触编程之前和之后的不当行为有所增加。