'You Can See Your Face in My Floor': Examining the Function of Cleanliness in an Adult Male Prison

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-410

  Sloan, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Control; Identity; Masculinity; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864764481     PISSN: 02655527     EISSN: 14682311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2012.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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