The localized uses of federal Sentencing Guidelines in four U.S. District Courts: Evidence of processual order

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-279

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18944373284     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2005.28.2.255     Document Type: Article

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