The prison boom and the decline of American citizenship

Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 30-36

  Western, Bruce ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American citizenship; Incarceration; Prison; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448945583     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-007-9000-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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