Social ecology and recidivism: Implications for prisoner reentry

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-340

  Mears, Daniel P ^a   Wang, Xia ^a   Hay, Carter ^a   Bales, William D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prisoner reentry; Recidivism; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349129108     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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