Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis
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Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis Grant Duwe, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang & Byron R. Johnson a Research and Evaluation, Minnesota Department of Corrections, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA b Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA c Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA Published online: 12 May 2015.
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