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The study on which this article reports was carried out by the author for the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada. The views expressed however, are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Solicitor General's Department.
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I would like to thank Pierre Landreville, Henry Steadman, Alex Himelfarb, Loren Roth, Jack MacDonald and Richard Ericson for their helpful suggestions.
Copyright © 1983 Published by Elsevier Ltd.