Images of danger and culpability: Racial stereotyping, case processing, and criminal sentencing

Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 435-468

  Steen, Sara ^a   Engen, Rodney L ^b   Gainey, Randy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug offenders; Racial disparities in punishment; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544440588     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-1348.2005.00013.x     Document Type: Review

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