Education and the interface between racial perceptions and criminal justice attitudes

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-75

  Federico, Christopher M ^a   Holmes, Justin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Education; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444252696     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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