Illiterate prisoners? Myths and empirical realities

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 43-55

  Rankin, Carole E ^a,b,c  

^a Michigan Department of Corrections   (United States)

^b Program Evaluation Section of the Office of Research and Planning   (United States)

^c Office of Research and Planning   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Michigan; Prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444432617     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v41n02_03     Document Type: Article

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