The good, the bad, and the ugly: Dealing with flawed writing in criminal justice

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 464-474

  Gibbons, Don C ^a   Farr, Kathryn Ann ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24044441896     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128798044003008     Document Type: Article

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