Neutralizing victim reform: Legal professionals' perspectives on victims and impact statements

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 530-553

  Erez, Edna ^a   Laster, Kathy ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 22844453847     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128799045004008     Document Type: Article

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