Who gets caught? Statistical discrimination in law enforcement

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-309

  Leung, Ambrose ^a   Woolley, Frances ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^c   Vitaro, Frank ^c  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Economics of crime; Juvenile delinquency; Law enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744303244     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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