Prison Architecture and Inmate Misconduct: A Multilevel Assessment

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1083-1109

  Morris, Robert G ^a   Worrall, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

inmate behavior; inmate misconduct; prison architecture; prison environment; satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907151075     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710386204     Document Type: Article

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