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Prison Reform and Prison Life: Four Books on the Process of Court-ordered Change

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Susan L. Rhodes
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Law & Society Review , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 189 - 218
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Copyright © 1992 by The Law and Society Association.

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The author wishes to thank Roberta Herzberg, Joseph Sanders, and Mark Schneider for their helpful comments on this article.

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