Incentives and earned privileges revisited: Fairness, discretion, and the quality of prison life

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 25-41

  Liebling, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discretion; Earned privileges; Fairness; Penal policy; Prison life; Staff prisoner relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649088358     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850802450773     Document Type: Article

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