Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times
- ISBN-10
- 0195141253
- ISBN-13
- 9780195141252
- Category
- Alternative convictions
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Michael H. Tonry
Description
"Overcrowded times : solving the prison problem," a publication published : Castine, Me. : Published for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation by Castine Research Corp., 1990-1999--[taken from OCLC record].
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