Explaining criminalization: From demography and status politics to globalization and modernization

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2004, Pages 147-171

  Jenness, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Deviance; Law; Legal reform; Public policy; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344574380     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.30.012703.110515     Document Type: Review

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