Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
Contributors: David Levinson (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: March 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 2104
ISBN-13: 9780761922582
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Sociology; Encyclopedias; Social Science; Torts; Criminology; Research; Social Science / Criminology; Criminal justice, Administrati; Criminal justice, Administration of
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