Reel life after prison: Repression and reform in films about release from prison

Probation Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-368

  Bennett, Jamie ^a  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

film; media; penal reform; popular culture; release from prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997895905     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550508096492     Document Type: Article

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