Mexican American attitudes towards crime: A border study

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-65

  Torres, Cruz C ^a   Applewhite, Steven R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Crime; Criminal behavior; Mexican American; Texas Mexico border

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247657448     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v02n01_04     Document Type: Article

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