The racial components of "race-neutral" crime policy attitudes

Political Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-75

  Peffley, Mark ^a   Hurwitz, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Public opinion; Race; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036489080     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00270     Document Type: Article

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