To execute or not to execute? Examining public support for capital punishment of sex offenders

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 959-968

  Mancini, Christina ^a   Mears, Daniel P ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957017529     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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