Alaska Native Inmates: The Demographic Relationship Between Upbringing And Crime

The Prison Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-104

  Blurton, David M ^a   Copus, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural conflict; demographic model; social disorganization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846634962     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885502250395     Document Type: Article

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