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17 Criminology, Crim. Just. L & Soc'y 55 (2016)
Moving Visitation Research Forward: The Arizona Prison Visitation Project

handle is hein.journals/wescrim17 and id is 59 raw text is: VOLUME17, ISSUE 1, PAGES 55-67 (2016) Criminology, Criminal Justice Law, & Society E-ISSN 2332-886X Available online at httes://scholasticahc .com/criminology-crininal-iustice-law-society/ Essay/Research Commentary Moving Visitation Research Forward: The Arizona Prison Visitation Project' Melinda Tascaa Kevin A. Wright,b Jillian J. Turanovic,c Clair White,d and Nancy Rodriguezb a Sam Houston State University b Arizona State University 'Florida State University d George Mason University ABSTRACT AND ARTICLE INFORMATION Although the prison visitation literature is advancing in significant ways, it remains slowed by a reliance on a limited methodological approach. Here, we advocate for a new way to study visitation through the use of a mixed-method design. We discuss what knowledge can be gleaned by examining visitation differently and describe our efforts to do so by introducing a new data source: the Arizona Prison Visitation Project (APVP). This article outlines the methodology of the APVP and details the data collection process. We conclude with a discussion on how the APVP can be useful for guiding future research and policy. Article History: Keywords: Received 30 August 2015 Accepted 8 September 2015 prison visitation; prisoners; mixed methods; data collection C 2016 Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society and The Western Society of Criminology Hosting by Scholastica. All rights reserved. As mass imprisonment continues to dominate American crime policy, prison visitation has received increased scholarly attention (Cochran & Mears 2013; Comfort, 2008; Siennick, Mears, & Bales, 2013; Tasca, 2014). As a key source of social support, prison visitation allows inmates to interact and communicate with their loved ones over significant periods of time (Christian, 2005; Visher, 2013). Such meaningful contact can help to minimize the pains of imprisonment by providing prisoners with an important coping resource (Hairston, 1991; Jiang & Winfree 2006; Tewksbury & DeMichele, 2005). Visits also provide inmates and their visitors a chance to maintain or rebuild relationships and an opportunity to plan for release with respect to housing, employment, and other critical reintegration Corresponding author: Melinda Tasca, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University, Box 2296, Huntsville, TX, 77341. Email: mtascakshsu.edu

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