Correctional officer attitudes toward inmates and working with inmates in a "get tough" era

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 495-506

  Farkas, Mary Ann ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033229070     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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