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| Author | : Peter Moskos |
| File Size | : 40,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Basic Books (AZ) |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 31 May 2011 |
| ISBN | : 9780465021482 |
| Pages | : 194 pages |
Presents philosophical and practical arguments in favor of the administration of judicial corporal punishment as a way of addressing problems in the American criminal justice system.
Presents philosophical and practical arguments in favor of the administration of judicial corporal punishment as a way of addressing problems in the American criminal justice system.
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