Youth justice in Canada

Crime and Justice

Volumn 31, Issue , 2004, Pages 184-242

  Doob, Anthony N ^a   Sprott, Jane B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 24644479223     PISSN: 01923234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/655338     Document Type: Review

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