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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-31 - Publisher: National Academies Press
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Language: en
Pages: 262
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Nova Publishers
This book traces the fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming there. But t
Language: en
Pages: 80
Pages: 80
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-01 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Calls for criminal justice reform have been mounting in recent years, in large part due to the extraordinarily high levels of incarceration in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 274
Pages: 274
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