When deterrence and death mitigation fall short: Fantasy and fetishes as gap-fillers in border regulation

Law and Society Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-734

  Fan, Mary D ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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