Mothers' Reentry into Family Life Following Incarceration

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-123

  Arditti, Joyce A ^a   Few, April L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family life; incarceration; mothers; prisoner reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992793071     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405282450     Document Type: Article

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