Juvenile jails: A path to the straight and narrow or to hardened criminality?

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 779-809

  Hjalmarsson, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 75649147814     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596039     Document Type: Article

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