The focal concerns of sentencing and mandatory sentencing laws: circumvention in the context of mandatory probation and treatment

Don Stemen; Andres F. Rengifo; Ethan Amidon

doi:10.1080/0735648X.2014.883573

The focal concerns of sentencing and mandatory sentencing laws: circumvention in the context of mandatory probation and treatment

Don Stemen
, Andres F. Rengifo
, Ethan Amidon

Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Rutgers University
University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2014.883573
State	Published - Apr 3 2015

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