Sexual preference, crime and punishment

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-84

  Fishbein, Diana ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesbian detainees; Lesbian inmates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991770598     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v11n02_04     Document Type: Article

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