Reentry and renegotiating motherhood: Maternal identity and success on parole

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-336

  Brown, Marilyn ^a   Bloom, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Motherhood; Parole; Policy; Reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349097825     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708330627     Document Type: Article

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