Minority threat and punishment: A cross-national analysis

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-931

  Ruddell, Rick ^a   Urbina, Martin G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 28344443253     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820400096031     Document Type: Article

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