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·         We have separately mailed you (or will be mailing you) a contract (work for hire agreement). If you haven’t yet, please mail it back to us.

·         Your entry should be in Word (for Windows).

·         Please proofread your entry.

·         Entry should correspond, approximately, to its suggested length.  Please do not go above the word length.

·         Your Word file should consist of the following: contact information (your full name, address, phone and fax numbers, and email address), headword (entry title), word count, the entry itself, your name (again) and affiliation, a list of cross-references (see also’s), and the “further readings and references” list (alphabetically arranged).

·         Illustrations, such as tables, figure, and graphs: show the in-text placement of graphics by inserting a call-out in the text of the entry. Graphic material should be submitted in electronic form via our website.

·         Always keep electronic and hardcopy copies of your entry. Also keep copies of your source material in case questions arise during the editing process.

·         Submit your entries to this website (instructions below) according to the schedule you worked out with Mary Bosworth. If your entry is completed early please submit it as soon as it is done.  Submitting entries early will help shorten the final editorial process.

·         Submit your entries electronically to the TOBIN website following these steps:

            Go the website for the encyclopedia at http://www.referenceworld.com/sage/prisons

            Click on “Access Tobin”

            Use the Username and Password we gave you to access the headword list

            Click on “view headword list”

            Find your word in the list: click on the entry word

            Click on “upload text”

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            Click on “press ONCE to upload your file”

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