Can you make a horse drink? The effects of a corrections course on attitudes toward criminal punishment

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-202

  Lane, Jodi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031517076     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128797043002004     Document Type: Article

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