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The Puerto Rican Prison Experience: A Multicultural Understanding of Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes
Author(s) -
Rivera Edil Torres,
Wilbur Michael P.,
RobertsWilbur Janice
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.1998.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - puerto rican , multiculturalism , psychology , psychological intervention , prison , perspective (graphical) , population , cultural pluralism , social psychology , sociology , pedagogy , criminology , demography , anthropology , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article presents the perspective that Puerto Rican men who are or who have been incarcerated are in multicultural variance with the dominant, middle class beliefs of American society. The authors also provide suggestions for counseling interventions with this population.