Views from the inside: Young offenders' subjective experiences of incarceration

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-597

  Ashkar, Peter J ^a   Kenny, Dianna T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Incarceration; Recidivism; Rehabilitation; Young offender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DETENTION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECURRENCE RISK; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRISONERS;

EID: 50249185932     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08314181     Document Type: Review

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