Governing through crime as commonsense racism: Race, space, and death penalty 'reform' in Delaware

Punishment and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Fleury Steiner, Benjamin D ^a   Dunn, Kerry ^b   Fleury Steiner, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death penalty; Law reform; Political geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849160344     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474508098130     Document Type: Article

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