Police, prosecutors, criminals, and determinate sentencing: The truth about truth-in-sentencing laws

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 509-534

  Shepherd, Joanna M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041668170     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340644     Document Type: Review

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