Megan's law: Crime and democracy in late modern America

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1111-1150

  Simon, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2000.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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