Anticipatory injustice among adolescents: Age and racial/ethnic differences in perceived unfairness of the justice system

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-226

  Woolard, Jennifer L ^a   Harvell, Samantha ^a   Graham, Sandra ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; JURISPRUDENCE; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRISON; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CRIMINOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949168868     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.805     Document Type: Article

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