Individual and contextual influences on sentence lengths: Examining political conservatism

Prison Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 398-419

  Huang, Wilson S ^a   Finn, Mary A ^a   Ruback, Barry R ^b   Friedmann, Robert R ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000948123     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032855596076004003     Document Type: Article

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