The Past and Future of U.S. Prison Policy: Twenty-Five Years after the Stanford Prison Experiment

American Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 709-727

  Haney, Craig ^a   Zimbardo, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032116825     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.7.709     Document Type: Review

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