Prison Visitation and Recidivism

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 888-918

  Mears, Daniel P ^a   Cochran, Joshua C ^a   Siennick, Sonja E ^a   Bales, William D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

prison; recidivism; reentry; visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868237417     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.583932     Document Type: Article

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