The cognitive effects of long term imprisonment

This thesis presents data on the psychological correlates of long term imprisonment for a representative sample of men serving either indeterminate or determinate sentences of ten years or over in a number of English prisons. Four groups of prisoners matched for age but differing in mean length of t...

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Autor principal: Banister, P. A. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1978
En:Año: 1978
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