Prisoner reentry, employment, signaling, and the better identification of desisters: Introduction to the special issue

Criminology and Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-15

  Mears, Daniel P ^a   Mestre, Julie ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883504252     PISSN: 15386473     EISSN: 17459133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2012.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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