The relative utilization of criminal sanctions in Canada: toward a comprehensive description of sentencing outcomes

Canada's national statistics agency relies solely on counts, percentages, and measures of central tendency to report on sentencing outcomes in the country. While these techniques are familiar, simple to calculate, and easy to interpret, they each offer just one perspective. Consequently, import...

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Main Author: Reid, Andrew A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
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