Public attitudes toward conditional sentencing: Results of a national survey

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-207

  Sanders, Trevor ^b   Roberts, Julian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034287676     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087116     Document Type: Article

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