The Elusive Data on Supermax Confinement

The Prison Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-93

  Naday, Alexandra ^a   Freilich, Joshua D ^b   Mellow, Jeff ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

corrections; measurement issues; supermax institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949147410     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885507310978     Document Type: Article

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