The Death of Offenders in Switzerland

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-340

  Sattar, Ghazala ^a   Killias, Martin ^b  

^a Office for National Statistics

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drugs; Prisoners; Suicide; Switzerland; Violent Death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996184267     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370805054100     Document Type: Article

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