Interviewing the incarcerated: Pitfalls and promises

Offenders on Offending: Learning about Crime from Criminals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-67

  Copes, Heith ^a   Hochstetler, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843927785-14     Document Type: Chapter

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