Racial bias and the American criminal justice system: Race and presentencing revisited

Critical Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-223

  Free Jr , Marvin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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EID: 33749020102     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1015796321587     Document Type: Review

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