Understanding provincial variation in incarceration rates

Canadian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-322

  Sprott, Jane B ^a   Doob, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032382692     PISSN: 07049722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjcrim.40.3.305     Document Type: Article

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