Bilevel disparities in court dispositions for intimate assault

Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-456

  Wooldredge, John ^a   Thistlethwaite, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities in court dispositions; Intimate assault; Neighborhood SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142739402     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00525.x     Document Type: Review

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