Mass probation: Toward a more robust theory of state variation in punishment

Punishment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-73

  Phelps, Michelle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

carceral state; imprisonment; probation; state variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009188506     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474516649174     Document Type: Article

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