A Sociology of American Corrections
- ISBN-10
- 025602216X
- ISBN-13
- 9780256022162
- Category
- Social Science / Penology
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Dorsey Press
- Author
- Neal Shover
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