Citizen assessment of local criminal courts: Does fairness matter?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 524-536

  Buckler, Kevin ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b   Unnever, James D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 34548408705     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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