Order, rationality and silence: Some reflections on criminal justice decision-making

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 186-219

  Hawkins, Keith ^a  

^a ORIEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924470     Document Type: Chapter

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