Policies regarding the prosecution of juvenile murderers: Which system and who should decide?

Law and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-178

  Sanborn, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85001204584     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00168.x     Document Type: Article

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