A look from the inside: Balancing custody and treatment in a juvenile maximum-security facility

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-362

  Inderbitzin, Michelle ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Custody; Juvenile corrections; Staff; Training school; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COUNSELING; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGO; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OFFENDER; PARENT; PRISON; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PRISONS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 34247857359     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06291462     Document Type: Article

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