Harm minimization in a prohibition context - Australia

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 582, Issue JULY, 2002, Pages 80-93

  Bammer, Gabriele ^a   Hall, Wayne ^b   Hamilton, Margaret ^b   Ali, Robert ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036330837     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202058002006     Document Type: Review

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