Predicting public opinion about juvenile waivers

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-300

  Jan, I Fang ^a   Ball, Jeremy D ^a   Walsh, Anthony ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Juvenile waivers; Public opinion; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849095845     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407307431     Document Type: Article

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