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“Nobody gets out alive. This place just a big coffin”: On Death and Dying in American Prisons

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|Jan 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2017-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 83
Published on: Jan 16, 2018
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

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