Our ‘crooked timber’: Why is American punishment so harsh?

Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 136-164

  Hull, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921544747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576713.007     Document Type: Chapter

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