'Livin' on the Straights': Identity, Desistance, and Work among Women Post-Incarceration

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-403

  Opsal, Tara ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

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EID: 84863845370     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2012.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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