"Good OI' boys" and the chair: Death penalty attitudes of policy makers in Tennessee

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-256

  Whitehead, John T ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22044433244     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128798044002004     Document Type: Article

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