Race/ethnicity, gender and sentence severity in dade county, florida: An examination of the decision to withhold adjudication

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-138

  Spohn, Cassia ^a   DeLone, Miriam ^a   Spears, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 24944553054     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.1998.9721603     Document Type: Article

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