The representation of juvenile offenders by race on Los Angeles area television news

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-161

  Dixon, Travis I ^a   Azocar, Cristina I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Crime; Juveniles; Latinos; News; Race and media

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646903332     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170600656896     Document Type: Review

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