Nothing to lose? A comparative examination of prison misconduct rates among life-without-parole and other long-term high-security inmates

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 683-705

  Cunningham, Mark D ^a,c   Sorensen, Jon R ^b  

^a Prairie View A and M University ^*

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABPP   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Classification; Life without parole; Prison violence; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750429644     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806288273     Document Type: Review

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