Management strategies when working with female prisoners

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 25-50

  Schram, Pamela J ^a   Koons Witt, Barbara A ^b   Morash, Merry ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional management; Female prisoners; Gender specific needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996425870     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v15n02_02     Document Type: Article

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