The effects of victim-related contextual factors on the criminal justice system

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-328

  Haynes, Stacy Hoskins ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contextual factors; incarceration; sentencing; victim reforms; victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952383242     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710372190     Document Type: Article

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