Ornery alligators and soap on a rope: Texas prosecutors and punishment reform in the Lone Star State

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-311

  Campbell, Michael C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime control; criminal justice; criminal law; criminalization; democracy; history; law and order; politics; prisons; punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864649085     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480611416842     Document Type: Article

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