The Jail and the Community: Comparing Jails in Rural and Urban Contexts

The Prison Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-269

  Applegate, Brandon K ^a   Sitren, Alicia H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

jails; rural; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949159135     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885508319207     Document Type: Article

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