Gender Differences in Factors Contributing to Institutional Misconduct

The Prison Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-403

  Gover, Angela R ^a   Pérez, Deanna M ^a   Jennings, Wesley G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

deprivation theory; gender; importation theory; institutional misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249116920     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885508322453     Document Type: Article

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