Women prisoners at the dawn of the 21st century

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-137

  Sokoloff, Natalie J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

History of women's prisons; Women prisoners; Women's prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749423318     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v16n01_06     Document Type: Article

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