The roles of interest groups in US criminal justice policy making: Who, when, and how

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-69

  Stolz, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a US General Accounting Office   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal justice policy; criminal justice policy making; interest group s; US federal criminal justice legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725107     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/17488958020020010301     Document Type: Article

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