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PART IIB - International Crime and Justice for Women and Children

from PART II - OVERVIEW: INTERNATIONAL CRIME

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2019

Edited by
Mangai Natarajan
Mangai Natarajan
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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International and Transnational Crime and Justice , pp. 361 - 362
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Print publication year: 2019

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