Visiting women in prison: Who visits and who cares?

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 67-83

  Casey Acevedo, Karen ^a   Bakken, Tim ^b  

^a LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Prison visitation; Rehabilitation; Socialization; Women inmates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937386714     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v34n03_05     Document Type: Article

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