Learning to pass: Sex offenders' strategies for establishing a viable identity in the prison general population

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 614-625

  Schwaebe, Charles ^a  

^a Colorado Sixth Judicial District Probation Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Prison adaptation; Qualitative research; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRISON; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 27744506190     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X05275829     Document Type: Review

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