The characteristics and motivations behind female prison sex

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 125-139

  Hensley, Christopher ^a,b   Tewksbury, Richard ^c   Koscheski, Mary ^b  

^a Institute for Correctional Research and Training   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional policy regarding prison sex; Deprivation model; Female prison sex; Importation model; Pseudo families

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010418282     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v13n02_07     Document Type: Article

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