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Research Article

Towards a more efficient, fair and humane criminal justice system: Developments of criminal policy and criminal sanctions during the last 50 years in Finland

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Article: 1303910 | Received 06 Feb 2017, Accepted 23 Feb 2017, Published online: 22 Mar 2017

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