Guyana's Prisons: Colonial Histories of Post‐Colonial Challenges
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عنوان ژورنال: The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2059-1098,2059-1101
DOI: 10.1111/hojo.12382