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The Effectiveness Of Communication By Women Inmates In Florida With The Outside World, George A. Manning
The Effectiveness Of Communication By Women Inmates In Florida With The Outside World, George A. Manning
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of women inmates in maintaining communication with the outside world. Specifically, the investigator sought to determine how certain independent variables affect particular dependent variables. The independent variables used in the study were, (1) race/ethnicity, (2) remaining time to serve in prison, (3) age, (4) number of children, if any, the inmate has, and (5) education. The dependent variables used in the study were, (1) number of people on the outside world, (2) volume of correspondence, (3) number of visitations, and (4) volume of telephone calls.
A statistical design was employed …