Deviants or Scapegoats: An Examination of Pseudofamily Groups and Dyads in Two Texas Prisons

The Prison Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-139

  Huggins, Denise W ^a   Capeheart, Loretta ^b   Newman, Elizabeth ^c  

^a CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

incarcerated women; interpersonal relationships in female prisons; pseudofamily groups; sexual conduct in female prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944459602     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505284702     Document Type: Article

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