Procedural Justice, Anger, and Prisoners’ Misconduct: A Longitudinal Study

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-218

  Beijersbergen, Karin A ^a   Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^a   Eichelsheim, Veroni I ^a   Van der Laan, Peter H ^a   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adjustment; anger; misconduct; prisoners; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921411779     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814550710     Document Type: Article

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