From resistance to integration: The influence of gender in the corrections work environment

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 279-291

  Griffin, Marie L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203832516     Document Type: Chapter

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