The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

Punishment and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-489

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Wooldredge, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Inmate misconduct; Prisons; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349199131     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474509341143     Document Type: Article

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