Visual imprints on the prison landscape: A study on the decorations in prison cells

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Baer, Leonard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Mundane; Observation; Prison; Tactics; Visual literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844412454     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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