The prison rape elimination act (PREA): An evaluation of policy compliance with illustrative excerpts

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-437

  Thompson, R Alan ^a   Nored, Lisa S ^a   Cheeseman Dial, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

PREA; Prison; Rape

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349117133     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403408315442     Document Type: Article

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