The psychiatric aspects of solitary confinement

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-368

  Glancy, Graham D ^a   Murray, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrections; Mental health; Solitary confinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948846012     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600922091     Document Type: Article

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