Just another crime? Examining disparity in homicide sentencing

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-313

  Auerhahn, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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