Living on the outside: African American women before, during, and after imprisonment

Prison Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-19

  Henriques, Zelma Weston ^a   Manatu Rupert, Norma ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 0003115244     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885501081001002     Document Type: Article

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