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Public-empowering justice : Arguments from effectiveness, legitimacy and democracy, and the South African case

In mature democracies citizens are being gradually empowered to make important decisions about how to handle crime and disorder and to assume an active role in making their communities safer. Do the justifications for this partial shift away from the commitment to adversarial, state-centered crimina...

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Autor Principal: Diana R. Gordon
Formato: Printed Book
Publicado: Punishment Society 2007; 9; 49 2007
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Acceso en liña:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00683.pdf
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