Neighborhood context of attitudes toward crime and reentry

Punishment and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-92

  Leverentz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhood; public opinion; punitiveness; redeemability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251505273     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474510385629     Document Type: Article

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