Inmate Assaults in Texas County Jails

The Prison Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-534

  Kellar, Mark ^a   Wang, Hsiao Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

county jails; jail prisoner assaults; prisoner violence; staff inmate assaults

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844460032     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505282257     Document Type: Article

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