Public attitudes to sentencing in Canada: Exploring recent findings

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-107

  Roberts, Julian V ^a   Crutcher, Nicole ^b   Verbrugge, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Department of Justice ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 34248651817     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/U479-1347-3PL8-5887     Document Type: Article

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