Does racial bias in sentencing contribute to indigenous overrepresentation in prison?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 272-290

  Snowball, Lucy ^a   Weatherburn, Don ^a  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

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EID: 37349098150     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.40.3.272     Document Type: Article

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