Just punishments: Guideline sentences and normative consensus

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-290

  Rossi, Peter H ^a,c   Berk, Richard A ^b   Campbell, Alec ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal sentences; Factorial survey; Normative consensus; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944434681     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221093     Document Type: Article

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