Using Criminal Punishment to Serve Both Victim and Social Needs.
Part of a special issue on group-conflict resolution. The writers propose a change to the manner in which control rights over criminal sanctions are distributed that could increase victim well-being without interfering with social needs. They assert that granting the victim the right to determine...
| Publicado en: | Law & Contemporary Problems Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 199 - 218 |
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Duke University
Spring2009
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