What price a free market in forensic science services? The organization and regulation of science in the criminal process

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-60

  Roberts, Paul ^a  

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EID: 0030557556     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014077     Document Type: Article

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