Racial disparity in arrest rates as an explanation of racial disparity in commitment to Pennsylvania's prisons

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 200-220

  Austin, Roy L ^a   Allen, Mark D ^a  

^a 902 Oswald Tower ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINOLOGY; OFFENDER; PRISON; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034067714     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427800037002003     Document Type: Article

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