Sentencing riot-related offending

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-256

  Roberts, Julian V ^a   Hough, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggravation; public opinion; riots; sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873674893     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azs069     Document Type: Article

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