Legislative waiver reconsidered: General deterrent effects of statutory exclusion laws enacted post-1979

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-59

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Hemmens, Craig ^b,c   Bell, Valerie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Department of Criminal Justice Administration ^*

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Juvenile; Transfer; Waiver

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644583044     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820600552444     Document Type: Review

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