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Whether the justice system is effective or not has been debated longer than it has been carefully researched. Many of us have grown up on accounts of specific events that support one view or another of the effectiveness of quick, stern, harsh, or whatever justice. Persons more recently aware of the issues have been informed, or more likely misinformed, about the merits of this or that policy at various stages of the justice process (Shannon, 1961).
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© 1998 Lyle W. Shannon
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Shannon, L.W. (1998). The Justice System. In: Alcohol and Drugs, Delinquency and Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230372429_4
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