“It’s Just You and Satan, Hanging Out at a Pre-School:.” Notions of evil and the rehabilitation of sexual offenders

Anthropology and Humanism

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-234

  Waldram, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evil; Prison; Public discourse; Rehabilitation; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012119534     PISSN: 15599167     EISSN: 15481409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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