Who Doesn’t Know Someone in Jail? The Impact of Exposure to Prison on Attitudes Toward Formal and Informal Controls

The Prison Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 228-247

  Rose, Dina R ^a   Clear, Todd R ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

formal social controls; incarceration; informal social controls; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642576641     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885504265079     Document Type: Article

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