Violent offenders in a deaf prison population

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-425

  Miller, Katrina R ^a   Vernon, McCay ^b   Capella, Michele E ^c  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 24344490301     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eni039     Document Type: Article

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