A Convict’s Perspective on Hans Toch’s Essay, “Providing Sanctuary in New York State Prisons”
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Based on a paper given at the 40 meeting of the German Society of Psychology in Munich, 1996. We greatly acknowledge the contributions of our colleagues Gisela Erdmann (Technical University of Berlin, Germany), Kenneth Hugdahl, Helge Nordby, and Dag Hammerborg (University of Bergen, Norway) while designing and realizing this research, and we appreciate the financial support from the G.-A.-Liene...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Prison Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0032-8855,1552-7522
DOI: 10.1177/0032885516662608