The “Invisible” hispanic? The representation of hispanics in criminal justice research: What do we know and where should we go?

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Schuck, Amie M ^a   Lersch, Kim Michelle ^b   Verrill, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminology; Ethnicity; Latina; Latino; Scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247664389     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v02n03_02     Document Type: Article

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