Doing prison research: Views from inside

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-264

  Bosworth, Mary ^a   Campbell, Debi ^b   Demby, Bonita ^b   Ferranti, Seth M ^b   Santos, Michael ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Criminology; Emotions; Fieldwork; Prison; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544470510     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800404273410     Document Type: Article

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