Concerns and coping strategies of women inmates concerning release: “It’s going to take somebody in my corner”

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 73-97

  Severance, Theresa A ^a  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarcerated women; Inmate coping strategies; Prison culture; Prisoner reintegration; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750515047     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v38n04_05     Document Type: Article

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