Race as a factor in the judicial decision of bail amount in a midwestern jurisdiction

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 21-39

  Turner, K B ^a   Secret, Philip E ^b   Johnson, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Bail; Extralegal factors; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845318313     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v01n03_02     Document Type: Article

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