Truth-Telling by Wrong-Doers? The Construction of Avowal in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1927-9825
DOI: 10.15353/cgjsc-rcessc.v4i1.144