Resistance to conversion to Islam among African American women inmates

Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 109-126

  Dix Richardson, Felecia ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Inmate; Islam; Prison; Race; Religion; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916947576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203049563     Document Type: Chapter

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