Guards gone wild: A self-report study of correctional officer misconduct and the effect of institutional deviance on "care" within the Texas prison system

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-319

  Worley, Robert M ^a   Worley, Vidisha Barua ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 79952942115     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639621003772738     Document Type: Article

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