Race-Specific Employment Contexts And Recidivism

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1171-1211

  Wang, Xia ^a   Mears, Daniel P ^b   Bales, William D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Ex prisoner reentry; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649692486     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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