Sentencing Homicide Offenders In The Netherlands: Offender, Victim, And Situational Influences In Criminal Punishment

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 981-1018

  Johnson, Brian D ^a   Van Wingerden, Sigrid ^b   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disparity; Gender; Homicide; Judge; Nationality; Prosecutor; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649705266     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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