The politics of pain: A political institutionalist analysis of crime victims' moral protests

Law and Society Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-664

  Barker, Vanessa ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548397300     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2007.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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