Racial and ethnic disparity in pretrial criminal processing

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-192

  Schlesinger, Traci ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal concerns; Pretrial processing; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844520452     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820500088929     Document Type: Article

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