Once a killer, always a killer? Prison misconduct of former death-sentenced inmates in Arizona

Journal of Psychiatry and Law

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 237-267

  Sorensen, Jon R ^a   Cunningham, Mark D ^b  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital offenders; Disciplinary records; Predictive factors; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77950944752     PISSN: 00931853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700205     Document Type: Article

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