Criminal charge or probation violation? Prosecutorial discretion and implications for research in criminal court processing

Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-578

  Kingsnorth, Rodney F ^a   MacIntosh, Randall C ^a   Sutherland, Sandra ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Probation violation; Prosecutorial discretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036692331     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00966.x     Document Type: Article

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