Measuring Group Climate in Prison

The Prison Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-176

  Van Der Helm, Peer ^a   Stams, Geert Jan ^b   Van Der Laan, Peter ^c  

^a Leiden Professional University   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prison Group Climate Instrument (PGCI); psychiatric prison; validation study; youth prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955718801     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885511403595     Document Type: Article

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