But Some of Them Don’t Come Back (to Prison!): Resource Deprivation and Thinking Errors as Determinants of Parole Success and Failure

The Prison Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-264

  Bucklen, Kristofer Bret ^a   Zajac, Gary ^a  

^a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections   (United States)

Author keywords

antisocial attitudes; coping skills; parole successes; parole violators

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649103081     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885509339504     Document Type: Article

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