Painting the prison 'red': Constructing and experiencing aboriginal identities in prison

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-361

  Martel, Joane ^a,b   Brassard, Rene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c International Center for Comparative Criminology

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Prisons; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949093401     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl335     Document Type: Article

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