Gender, Religion, and correctional orientations among a sample of juvenile justice personnel

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 15-44

  Leiber, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional orientations; Gender; Juvenile justice personnel; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008459507     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v11n02_02     Document Type: Article

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