Race, conventional crime, and criminal justice: The declining importance of skin color

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 549-557

  DeLisi, Matt ^a   Regoli, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0033229056     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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