Driving while black: The role of race, sex, and social status

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Geiger Oneto, Stephanie ^a,b   Phillips, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Race; Racial profiling; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047099186     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v01n02_01     Document Type: Article

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