Examining racial disparity of male property offenders in the missouri juvenile justice system

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-128

  Ray, Katherine E Brown ^a   Alarid, Leanne Fiftal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; juvenile justice; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247671567     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204003262228     Document Type: Article

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