Perceptions About Minority and Female Opportunities for Job Advancement: Are Beliefs About Equal Opportunities Fixed?

The Prison Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-419

  Camp, Scott D ^a   Langan, Neal P ^b  

^a Office of Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

Author keywords

correctional staff; equal opportunities; minority prison workers; multilevel models; women prison workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844495636     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505282230     Document Type: Article

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