What’s violence got to do with it? Inequality, punishment, and state failure in US politics

Punishment and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 184-210

  Miller, Lisa L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inequality; institutions; punishment; race; state failure; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928530711     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474515577153     Document Type: Article

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