Explanations of American punishment policies: A national history

Punishment and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-394

  Tonry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

American exceptionalism; Fundamentalism; Paranoid politics; Penality; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449565745     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474509334609     Document Type: Article

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