Drunk drivers in the courts: Legal and extra-legal factors affecting pleas and sentences

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-163

  Meyer, Jon'a ^a   Gray, Tara ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031521156     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(96)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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