Policing Criminological Knowledge: The Hazards of Qualitative Research on Women in Prison

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-189

  Martel, Joane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender; knowledge; network; policing; prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442472093     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480604042242     Document Type: Article

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