Politics, Prisons, and Law Enforcement: An Examination of the Emergence of "Law and Order" Politics in Texas

Law and Society Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-665

  Campbell, Michael C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053071122     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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