Does the Ethnicity of Offenders in Crime Scenarios Affect Public Perceptions of Crime Seriousness? A Randomized Survey Experiment in Israel

Social Forces

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 757-781

  Herzog, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 2142715874     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2004.0011     Document Type: Review

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