The effect of publicized executions on homicide in California

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007331692     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.1998.9721597     Document Type: Article

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