Corporations go to prisons: The expansion of corporate power in the correctional industry

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-69

  Chang, Tracy F H ^a   Thompkins, Douglas E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0345326825     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X0202700104     Document Type: Article

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