Wardens' views on the wisdom of supermax prisons

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 398-431

  Mears, Daniel P ^a   Castro, Jennifer L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional policy; Effectiveness; Prison systems; Prisons; Supermax

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744826328     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128705279484     Document Type: Article

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