Alcatraz and Marion: Evaluating super-maximum custody

Punishment & Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-75

  Ward, David A ^a   Werlich, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

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EID: 30644469257     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474503005001295     Document Type: Article

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