Punishing youth crime in Canada: The blind men and the elephant

Punishment and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-233

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Punishment; Youth justice legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644864480     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474506062106     Document Type: Article

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