Race, gender, and legal counsel: Differential outcomes in two juvenile courts

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-104

  Guevara, Lori ^a   Herz, Denise ^b   Spohn, Cassia ^c  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Juvenile justice; Legal counsel; Location; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649024419     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007303939     Document Type: Article

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