Mothering, crime, and incarceration

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-40

  Ferraro, Kathleen J ^b   Moe, Angela M ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crime; Incarceration; Mothering; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037256267     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241602238937     Document Type: Review

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