Pathological effects of the supermaximum prison

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1692-1695

  Rhodes, Lorna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRISON; PRISONER; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANGER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ART; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUNISHMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THINKING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 25444447341     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070045     Document Type: Article

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