What's so special about specialized courts? The state and social change in Salt Lake City's domestic violence court

Law and Society Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 379-418

  Mirchandani, Rekha ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 22544460240     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-9216.2005.00086.x     Document Type: Review

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