Punishment beyond the legal offender

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 271-296

  Comfort, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Incarceration; Public health; Social welfare; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149110597     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.3.081806.112829     Document Type: Article

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