Men, Women, and Postrelease Offending: An Examination of the Nature of the Link Between Relational Ties and Recidivism

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-361

  Cobbina, Jennifer E ^a   Huebner, Beth M ^b   Berg, Mark T ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; prisoner reentry; recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860537740     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710382348     Document Type: Article

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