A woman's life before serving life: Examining the negative pre-incarceration life events of female life-sentenced inmates

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-322

  Leigey, Margaret E ^a   Reed, Katie L ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Life sentenced female inmates; Pre incarceration trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957903838     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2010.512229     Document Type: Article

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