The psychological effects of 60 days in administrative segregation

Canadian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-83

  Zinger, Ivan ^a   Wichmann, Cherami ^a   Andrews, D A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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