(Un)equal Justice: Juvenile Court Abolition and African Americans

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 564, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-125

  Kerbs, John Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0040716007     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956400107     Document Type: Article

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