Sentencing trends in Britain: Public knowledge and public opinion

Punishment and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-26

  Hough, Mike ^a   Roberts, Julian V ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes to punishment; Public knowledge of the law; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004938118     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624749922227685     Document Type: Article

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