The public's increasing punitiveness and its influence on mass incarceration in the United States

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 857-872

  Enns, Peter K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84907992917     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12098     Document Type: Article

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