title: Commentary: toward an improved understanding of administrative segregation.
abstract: The questions raised by O'Keefe et al. challenge us to think clearly about the intent of incarceration generally and the objective of administrative segregation in particular. Our comments address several points: the study's methodology, the context of administrative segregation, several attendant pragmatic concerns linked to its practice, and the challenges of understanding the needs and motivations of individual offenders.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M Paul
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Trestman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*