A preliminary study of gender differences on views of crime and punishment among Chinese college students

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-124

  Lambert, Eric G ^a   Shanhe, Jiang ^a   Wang, Jin ^b   Tucker, Kasey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crime views; Gender gap; Punishment; Treatment attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249883547     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567707302537     Document Type: Article

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