Transportation versus imprisonment in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain: Penal power, liberty, and the state

Law and Society Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-210

  Willis, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-9216.2005.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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