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How Should We Respond to Youth Crime?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2014

Jim Hackler
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria (B.C.) V8W 3P5Canada, jhackler@uvic.ca

Abstract

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Type
Review Essay/Note critique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2005

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