Pathways to prison: Impact of victimization in the lives of incarcerated women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1362-1381

  Dehart, Dana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Gender; Incarcerated women; Inmates; Prisoners; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 56249148180     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208327018     Document Type: Article

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