Public attitudes and sentencing policies across the world

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 25-46

  Van Kesteren, John ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International comparison; Multi level analysis; Prisoners rates; Punitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349288489     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-009-9098-7     Document Type: Article

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