Structuring and re-creating inequality: Health testing policies, race, and the criminal justice system

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 623, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 214-227

  Sykes, Bryan L ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; HIV; Incarceration; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249093085     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330486     Document Type: Article

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