The impact of inmate characteristics on perceptions of race relations in prison

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 230-247

  Hemmens, Craig ^a   Marquart, James W ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OFFENDER; PRISON; RACE;

EID: 0032997186     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99432009     Document Type: Article

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