Decisions to detain asylum seekers – routine, duty or individual choice?

Exercising Discretion: Decision-Making in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 164-185

  Weber, Leanne ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924470     Document Type: Chapter

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