Men's vulnerability to prisoner-on-prisoner sexual violence: A state correctional system case study

Prison Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-311

  Morash, Merry ^a   Jeong, Seokjin ^b   Bohmert, Miriam Northcutt ^a   Bush, Daniel R ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Hamilton County Public Health Department (Epidemiology)   (United States)

Author keywords

PREA; prisoner; sexual Assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860675566     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885512439185     Document Type: Article

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