Type, Source, and Patterns of Physical Victimization: A Comparison of Male and Female Inmates

The Prison Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-191

  Wolff, Nancy ^a   Shi, Jing ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

feeling safe; gender; physical victimization; prison inmates; typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749093624     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885509334754     Document Type: Article

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