Perception and misperception in urban criminal justice policy: The case of hate crime

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-512

  Haider Markel, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hate crime; Interest groups; Law enforcement; Organizational context; Perception; Public policy

Indexed keywords

CRIME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 1542349939     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087403260223     Document Type: Article

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