The effect of racial inequality on black male recidivism

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-434

  Reisig, Michael D ^a   Bales, William D ^a   Hay, Carter ^a   Wang, Xia ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Criminology and Criminal Justice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Inequality; Recidivism; Reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547419765     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701485387     Document Type: Review

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