The effect of the victim-offender relationship on the sentence length of violent offenders

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-148

  Simon, Leonore M J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242549234     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.1996.9721533     Document Type: Article

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