Eliminating the enemy: The import of denying prisoners access to higher education in Clinton's America

Punishment and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-378

  Page, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pell grants; Politics; Postsecondary education; Prisoners; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644437284     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474504046118     Document Type: Article

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