Juvenile inmates in an adult prison system: Rates of disciplinary misconduct and violence

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1186-1201

  Kuanliang, Attapol ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^b   Cunningham, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MS 2600 ^*

Author keywords

Disciplinary infraction; Incarcerated juveniles; Prison misconduct; Prison violence; Rule violation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149102666     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808322744     Document Type: Article

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