Race and the death penalty: Including Asian Americans and exploring the desocialization of law

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-92

  Kan, Yee W ^a   Phillips, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Death penalty; Desocialization of law; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247453020     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v01n01_04     Document Type: Article

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