Imprisonment as rehabilitation: Offenders' assessment of why it does not work

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-335

  Kolstad, Arnulf ^a  

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EID: 0030522748     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2352(96)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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