Crack-ing down on black drug offenders? Testing for interactions among offenders' race, drug type, and sentencing strategy in federal, drug sentences

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-

  Kautt, Paula ^a   Spohn, Cassia ^b  

^a Drug Enforcement Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 0346355491     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820200095151     Document Type: Article

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