Gender and attitudes toward justice system bias in central America

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-106

  Walker, Lee Demetrius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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