Canada: Repenalization and young offenders’ rights

Comparative Youth Justice: Critical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-33

  Smandych, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 84952331796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446212608.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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