Being a good daughter and sister: Families of origin in the reentry of African American female ex-prisoners

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-267

  Leverentz, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

family; qualitative research; race; reentry from prison to community; women's reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053619191     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085111414859     Document Type: Article

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