Sentencing in the children's court: An ethnographic perspective

Youth Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-35

  Travers, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's courts; Ethnography; Sentencing; Youth justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447260466     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225406074817     Document Type: Article

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