Female prisoners and the case for gender-specific treatment and reentry programs

Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 320-332

  Balis, Andrea F ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 78649894564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71695-4_19     Document Type: Chapter

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