People, places, and things: How female ex-prisoners negotiate their neighborhood context

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646-681

  Leverentz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

female offenders; neighborhood; prisoner reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449297758     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241610377787     Document Type: Article

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