Mass imprisonment and the life course: Race and class inequality in U.S. incarceration

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-169

  Pettit, Becky ^a   Western, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; RACIAL DISPARITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642584998     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900201     Document Type: Article

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