Democracy and punishment: A radical view

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-62

  Rowan, Mike ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal justice policy; critical oppositional politics; deliberative democracy; democratic legitimacy; radical democratic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857745904     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480611410238     Document Type: Article

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