Aggression Levels Among Correctional Officers: Reassessing Sex Differences

The Prison Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-343

  Tewksbury, Richard ^a   Collins, Sue Carter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; correctional officers; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746817429     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885506290853     Document Type: Article

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