Showing Remorse: Reflections on the Gap between Expression and Attribution in Cases of Wrongful Conviction

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-138

  Weisman, Richard ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1542603072     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.46.2.121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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