Immigrants and the criminal justice system: An exploratory study

Violence and Victims

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-30

  Davis, Robert C ^a,c   Erez, Edna ^b   Avitabile, Nancy E ^a  

^a Victim Services Research   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; IMMIGRANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 0031798755     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.13.1.21     Document Type: Article

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