Alias Use Among Inmates: Gender, Race, and Seriousness of Crime

Authors

Angela Anderson, University of Northern Iowa
Daniel Garcia, University of Northern Iowa
M. Kim MacLin, University of Northern IowaFollow
Otto H. MacLin, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Poster Presentation

Abstract

The use of an assumed name or alias is often thought of as a criminal technique to evade incarceration by hiding one's identity; however this is not always the case. There are many types of aliases. These include the pseudo-alias, which is often due to clerical error consisting of misspelling foreign names or changing letter combinations; white-collar psuedonymity (Hartman, 1951) such as traveling in cognito, assuming a stage name, or nome de plume; and the use of a criminal alias to dissociate a person from his or her crime (Harry, 1992).

Publication Date

2003

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

77

Last Page

79

Copyright

©2003 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Angela; Garcia, Daniel; MacLin, M. Kim; and MacLin, Otto H. (2003) "Alias Use Among Inmates: Gender, Race, and Seriousness of Crime," Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 14.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol7/iss1/14