Three strikes and you are out, but why? The psychology of public support for punishing rule breakers

Law and Society Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-265

  Tyler, Tom R ^a   Boeckmann, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031536260     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3053926     Document Type: Article

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