Employer attitudes toward hiring ex-offenders

Prison Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-137

  Albright, Shelley ^a   Denq, Furjen ^b  

^a Texas Department of Criminal Justice   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011025604     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032855596076002002     Document Type: Article

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