Women coming home: Long-term patterns of recidivism

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-254

  Huebner, Beth M ^a   DeJong, Christina ^b   Cobbina, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Prisoner reentry; Recidivism; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949108597     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820902870486     Document Type: Article

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