Leisure experience, prison culture, or victimization? sex offenders report on prison gambling

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-192

  Williams, D J ^a   Liz Hinton, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correctional recreation; Inmate code of conduct; Inmate privileges; Offender management; Prison gambling; Prison victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249133884     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600626155     Document Type: Article

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