Criminal injustice: Understanding the causes, effects, and responses to wrongful conviction in Canada

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-240

  Denov, Myriam S ^a   Campbell, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Criminal justice; Wrongful conviction

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344510214     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986205278627     Document Type: Article

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