Predicting Institutional Violence among Death Row Inmates: The Utility of the Sorensen and Pilgrim Model

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  Buffington Vollum, Jacqueline K ^a   Edens, John F ^b   Keilen, Andrea ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Defender Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital sentencing; Death penalty; Death row; Expert testimony; Future dangerousness; Institutional violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873255961     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-008-9016-9     Document Type: Article

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