Examining the relationship between religiosity and self-control as predictors of prison deviance

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1251-1271

  Kerley, Kent R ^a   Copes, Heith ^a   Tewksbury, Richard ^b   Dabney, Dean A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

prison deviance; religiosity; religious programs; self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PRISONERS; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82355195071     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11387523     Document Type: Article

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