Halfway back: An alternative to revocation for technical parole violators

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-166

  White, Michael D ^a   Mellow, Jeff ^b   Englander, Kristin ^b   Ruffinengo, Marc ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Halfway Back; intermediate sanctions; technical parole violators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955709003     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403410375109     Document Type: Article

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