Preventing fatal attractions: Lessons learned from inmate boundary violators in a southern penitentiary system

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-360

  Worley, Robert M ^a   Tewksbury, Richard ^b   Frantzen, Durant ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraband; Correctional officers; Corruption; Inappropriate relationships; Inmates; Manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449307808     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2010.516532     Document Type: Article

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