Problematizing carceral tours

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 570-581

  Piché, Justin ^a   Walby, Kevin ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carceral tours; Imprisonment; Pedagogy; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951084407     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq014     Document Type: Article

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