Growing up behind bars: An ethnographic study of adolescent inmates in a cottage for violent offenders

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Inderbitzin, Michelle ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Culture; Ethnography; Inmate; Offender; Training school

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746402835     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v42n03_01     Document Type: Article

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