Countering punitiveness: Understanding stability in Canada's imprisonment rate

Law and Society Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-368

  Doob, Anthony N ^a   Webster, Cheryl Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 33748688632     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2006.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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