Density, inmate assaults, and direct supervision jails

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-417

  Tartaro, Christine ^a   Levy, Marissa P ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding and density; Direct supervision jails; Inmate assaults

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748976268     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407299863     Document Type: Article

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