Race, legal representation, and juvenile justice: Issues and concerns

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-371

  Guevara, Lori ^a   Spohn, Cassia ^b   Herz, Denise ^c  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Court outcomes; Juvenile justice; Legal representation; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042676512     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128704264514     Document Type: Article

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