Where the margins meet: A demographic assessment of transgender inmates in men's prisons

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-866

  Sexton, Lori ^a   Jenness, Valerie ^a   Sumner, Jennifer Macy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Inmate; Prison; Sexuality; Social and economic marginalization; Transgender; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956644926     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820903419010     Document Type: Article

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