A macro-level perspective on prison inmate deviance

Punishment and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-257

  Wooldredge, John ^a   Steiner, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

inmate assaults; prison environment; prison inmates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928562677     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474515577151     Document Type: Article

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