Spare the needle but not the punishment: The incarceration of waived youth in Texas prisons

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-609

  Fritsch, Eric J ^a   Caeti, Tory J ^b   Hemmens, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030516281     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128796042004006     Document Type: Article

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