Chad Briggs

Southern Illinois University, Applied Psychology, Graduate Student

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Chad Briggs is the Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Judson University. Chad earned a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His professional interests include academic program assessment, research and survey methodology, and the scientific study of religion. Chad also enjoys rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals and riding his bike.

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The Sociopolitical Context of Prison Violence and Its Control A Case Study of Supermax and Its Effect in Illinois

The Prison Journal, Jan 1, 2008

This research explores the sociopolitical context of prison violence and its control in the state... more This research explores the sociopolitical context of prison violence and its control in the state of Illinois, and discusses the series of events that led to the opening of a supermax prison. Interrupted time series analyses were used to test whether the use of the supermax was associated with declines in prison violence, controlling for the potentially confounding influence of a systemwide effort to restructure the Illinois Department of Corrections following a prison scandal in 1996. There was no association between the opening of a supermax and inmate-on-inmate assaults; however, the supermax appears to have resulted in an abrupt, permanent reduction in assaults against staff. The opening of the supermax was also associated with an abrupt, permanent reduction in the use of lockdown days.

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