A Critique Of Waiver Research: Critical Next Steps in Assessing the Impacts of Laws for Transferring Juveniles to the Criminal Justice System

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-172

  Mears, Daniel P ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

juvenile justice impacts; waiver transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947172104     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204002250876     Document Type: Article

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