Responding to prisoner reentry, recidivism, and incarceration of inmates of color a call to the communities

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 633-649

  Marbley, Aretha Faye ^a   Ferguson, Ralph ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Incarcerations; Inmates of color; Prisoner reentry; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644450231     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704270254     Document Type: Article

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