Sentencing and punishment

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 213-225

  Spohn, Cassia ^a   Brennan, Pauline K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203832516     Document Type: Chapter

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