Revalidation of a gender-informed security reclassification scale for women inmates

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-309

  Gobeil, Renée ^a   Blanchette, Kelley ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Security classification; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 35449001625     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986207309411     Document Type: Article

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