Female drug abusers, narcotics offenders, and legal punishment in China

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-141

  Liang, Bin ^a   Lu, Hong ^b   Taylor, Melanie ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 62549097674     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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