An Exploratory Study of the Characteristics of Men Known to Commit Prisoner-on-Prisoner Sexual Violence

The Prison Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Morash, Merry ^a   Jeong, Seok Jin ^a   Zang, Nancy L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Contractor   (United States)

Author keywords

Prison; Rape; Sexual Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952371981     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885510361826     Document Type: Article

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