Student attitudes toward wrongful conviction

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-427

  Ricciardelli, Rosemary ^a   Bell, James G ^b   Clow, Kimberley A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blackstone ratio; Criminal justice; Miscarriages of justice; Student attitudes; Wrongful conviction

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349116565     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.51.3.411     Document Type: Article

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