Assessing static and dynamic influences on inmate violence levels

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-161

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Inmate; Misconduct; Prison; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149130383     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707307218     Document Type: Article

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