Comparing Self-Report to Official Measures of Inmate Misconduct

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1074-1101

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Wooldredge, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

inmates; official data; prisons; self report data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906850082     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.723031     Document Type: Article

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