Reasons for death penalty attitudes among Chinese citizens: Retributive or instrumental?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-233

  Jiang, Shanhe ^a   Lambert, Eric G ^b   Nathan, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67349266672     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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