The needs of women offenders: Implications for correctional programming

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 137-160

  Holtfreter, Kristy ^a   Morash, Merry ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Correctional programming; Risk; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442498453     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v14n02_07     Document Type: Article

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