Convicting and incarcerating felony offenders of intimate assault and the odds of new assault charges

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Wooldredge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 34447555905     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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