Power to the people: Violent victimization, inequality and democratic politics

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-313

  Miller, lisa l ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; inequality; politicization; politics; punishment and society; race and class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881237145     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480612471151     Document Type: Article

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