Juvenility and punishment: Sentencing juveniles in adult criminal court

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 725-758

  Kurlychek, Megan C ^a   Johnson, Brian D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Juvenile; Sentencing; Waiver

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955726370     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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