An Exploratory Study of Institutional Change: Personal Control and Environmental Satisfaction in a Gang-Free Prison

The Prison Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-170

  Rivera, Beverly D ^a   Cowles, Ernest L ^a   Dorman, Laura G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

inmate perceptions; prison environmental dimensions; prison gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745624071     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503083002003     Document Type: Article

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