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1Why the "Haves" Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal ChangeLaw and Society Review19742,121
2The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for PolicingLaw and Society Review20031,964
3Legal PluralismLaw and Society Review19881,049
4Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial DifferencesLaw and Society Review19981,045
5The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes: Naming, Blaming, Claiming . . .Law and Society Review1980972
6Law and Social Change: The Semi-Autonomous Social Field as an Appropriate Subject of StudyLaw and Society Review1973669
7Conscience, Significant Others, and Rational Choice: Extending the Deterrence ModelLaw and Society Review1990614
8Subversive Stories and Hegemonic Tales: Toward a Sociology of NarrativeLaw and Society Review1995605
9Enduring Individual Differences and Rational Choice Theories of CrimeLaw and Society Review1993563
10What is Procedural Justice?: Criteria used by Citizens to Assess the Fairness of Legal ProceduresLaw and Society Review1988562
11Sanction Threats and Appeals to Morality: Testing a Rational Choice Model of Corporate CrimeLaw and Society Review1996477
12Substantive and Reflexive Elements in Modern LawLaw and Society Review1983474
13Do Fair Procedures Matter? The Effect of Procedural Justice on Spouse AssaultLaw and Society Review1997438
14The Future of PolicingLaw and Society Review1996429
15Three Strikes and You Are Out, but Why? The Psychology of Public Support for Punishing Rule BreakersLaw and Society Review1997391
16Legal Consciousness of Undocumented Latinos: Fear and Stigma as Barriers to Claims-Making for First- and 1.5-Generation ImmigrantsLaw and Society Review2011376
17Perceptual Research on General Deterrence: A Critical ReviewLaw and Society Review1986372
18Sentencing under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Effects of Defendant Characteristics, Guilty Pleas, and Departures on Sentence Outcomes for Drug Offenses, 1991-1992Law and Society Review1997357
19Extra-Legal Attributes and Criminal Sentencing: An Assessment of a Sociological ViewpointLaw and Society Review1974353
20The Practice of Law as Confidence Game: Organizational Cooptation of a ProfessionLaw and Society Review1967342
21Explaining Corporate Environmental Performance: How Does Regulation Matter?Law and Society Review2003323
22Competing Institutions: Law, Medicine, and Family in Neonatal Intensive CareLaw and Society Review1999303
23Management-Based Regulation: Prescribing Private Management to Achieve Public GoalsLaw and Society Review2003300
24Grievances, Claims, and Disputes: Assessing the Adversary CultureLaw and Society Review1980288
25The Role of Perceived Injustice in Defendants' Evaluations of Their Courtroom ExperienceLaw and Society Review1984288
26Legitimacy and Deterrence Effects in Counterterrorism Policing: A Study of Muslim AmericansLaw and Society Review2010288
27Support for the Death Penalty; Instrumental Response to Crime, or Symbolic Attitude?Law and Society Review1982280
28Situating Legal Consciousness: Experiences and Attitudes of Ordinary Citizens about Law and Street HarassmentLaw and Society Review2000273
29Indicators as a Technology of Global GovernanceLaw and Society Review2012271
30Perceived Risk and Social Control: Do Sanctions Really Deter?Law and Society Review1983260
31Blue Water Crime: Deterrence, Legitimacy, and Compliance in FisheriesLaw and Society Review1998260
32Language in the Legal ProcessLaw and Society Review1980259
33Situational and Attitudinal Explanations of Police Behavior: A Theoretical Reappraisal and Empirical AssessmentLaw and Society Review1989257
34The Rationality of Sexual Offending: Testing a Deterrence/Rational Choice Conception of Sexual AssaultLaw and Society Review1992253
35The Role of Constitutional Courts in the Establishment and Maintenance of Democratic Systems of GovernmentLaw and Society Review2001250
36Mobilizing the Law in China: "Informed Disenchantment" and the Development of Legal ConsciousnessLaw and Society Review2006246
37Complexity, Pluralism, and the Constitutional State: On Habermas's Faktizität und GeltungLaw and Society Review1994238
38Structural Variations in Juvenile Court Processing: Inequality, the Underclass, and Social ControlLaw and Society Review1993232
39Convictability and Discordant Locales: Reproducing Race, Class, and Gender Ideologies in Prosecutorial DecisionmakingLaw and Society Review1997231
40Procedural Justice in Felony CasesLaw and Society Review1988229
41Racialized Policing: Residents' Perceptions in Three NeighborhoodsLaw and Society Review2000228
42The Connecticut Crackdown on Speeding: Time-Series Data in Quasi-Experimental AnalysisLaw and Society Review1968226
43Exposure Reduction or Retaliation? The Effects of Domestic Violence Resources on Intimate-Partner HomicideLaw and Society Review2003223
44Human Information Processing and Adjudication: Trial by HeuristicsLaw and Society Review1980220
45Prosecutorial Discretion: The Effects of UncertaintyLaw and Society Review1987219
46How the Law Thinks: Toward a Constructivist Epistemology of LawLaw and Society Review1989218
47Incarceration, Health, and Racial Disparities in HealthLaw and Society Review2008218
48Consumer Response to Unsatisfactory Purchases: A Survey of Perceiving Defects, Voicing Complaints, and Obtaining RedressLaw and Society Review1977217
49Judging Judicial Discretion: Legal Factors and Racial Discrimination in SentencingLaw and Society Review2001217
50Waste Managers? The New Penology, Crime Fighting, and Parole Agent IdentityLaw and Society Review1998215