Evaluation issues confronting juvenile justice sentencing reforms: A case study of Texas

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-463

  Mears, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 22044450625     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128798044003007     Document Type: Article

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