Are Immigrants and Their Descendants Discriminated against in the Danish Criminal Justice System?

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-142

  Holmberg, Lars ^a   Kyvsgaard, Britta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Justitsministeriet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arrest; Conviction; Discrimination; Minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642458487     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850310020027     Document Type: Article

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