Decision making in delinquency cases: The role of race and juveniles' admission/denial of the crime

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-69

  Ruback, R Barry ^a,b   Vardaman, Paula J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DELINQUENCY; PUNISHMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031043916     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024866026608     Document Type: Article

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