Drug sentencing in South Korea: The influence of case-processing and social status factors in an ethnically homogeneous context

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-397

  Lee, Minsik ^a   Ulmer, Jeffery T ^b   Park, MiRang ^c  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korean Institute of Criminology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

courts; Korea; sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960486708     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986211412574     Document Type: Article

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