Kevin E. Meehan
Contributor
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Political Science, California State University Fullerton. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Halfway house, any of various community-based facilities that provide access to health and educational resources and offer transitional opportunities for individuals who are attempting to return to society following more restrictive living circumstances, such as those characteristic of prison,…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (March 2002)
"The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the much-needed practices, policies, and research and will be of interest to students, teachers, and the general reader alike. This work should be on the shelves of all libraries with collections in the social sciences." Larry E. Sullivan, Ph.D. Chief Librarian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Crime. It started with Cain and Abel, and it won′t end with the Sopranos. Our fascination with transgression and its punishment...
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