Feelings of safety among male inmates: The safety paradox

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-427

  Wolff, Nancy ^a   Shi, Jing ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inmate safety; Social disorder; Victimization; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349290873     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016809333343     Document Type: Article

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