Legitimacy, accountability and private prisons

Punishment & Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-303

  Genders, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; legitimacy; prison; privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790630     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146247402400426752     Document Type: Article

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