Judges' race and judicial decision making: Do black judges sentence differently?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 749-764

  Steffensmeier, Darrell ^a   Britt, Chester L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 0035648631     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00057     Document Type: Article

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