Employment after prison: A longitudinal study of former prisoners

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 698-718

  Visher, Christy A ^a   Debus Sherrill, Sara A ^b   Yahner, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Prisoner reentry; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051905419     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2010.535553     Document Type: Article

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