RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Commentary: Toward an Improved Understanding of Administrative Segregation JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 61 OP 64 VO 41 IS 1 A1 Robert H. Berger A1 M. Paul Chaplin A1 Robert L. Trestman YR 2013 UL http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/61.abstract AB 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.