Age, Role changes and gender power in family relationships: The experiences of older female partners of male prisoners

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 63-93

  Codd, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Families; Gender roles; Prisoners; Support; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937320721     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v12n02_05     Document Type: Article

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