Do moral communities play a role in criminal sentencing? Evidence from Pennsylvania

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-768

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a   Bader, Christopher ^b   Gault, Martha ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53949116964     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2008.00134.x     Document Type: Review

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