Bullying in prisons: The importance of perceived social status, prisonization, and moral disengagement

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 490-501

  South, Catherine R ^a,b   Wood, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Bracton Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DIPC; Moral disengagement; Prison bullying; Prisonization; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748537402     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20149     Document Type: Article

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