What to do with the survivors?: Coping with the long-term effects of isolated confinement

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1005-1016

  Kupers, Terry A ^a  

^a WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional mental health; Disturbed disruptive inmates; Prison; Rehabilitation; Serious mental illness; Supermaximum security

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149083114     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808318591     Document Type: Article

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