Policy implications of the criminal justice system for African-American families and communities

African-American Social Workers and Social Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-162

  Bent Goodley, Tricia B ^a  

^a NABSW National Public Policy Institute   (United States)

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