With god on one's side: The social geometry of death row apologies

Sociological Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-178

  Cooney, Mark ^a   Phillips, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apologies; Arbitration; Conflict management; Crime; Pure sociology; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874785173     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12007     Document Type: Article

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