U.S. Felon disenfranchisement: Parting ways with Western Europe

Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-108

  Demleitner, Nora V ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921550480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576713.005     Document Type: Chapter

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