The liberation hypothesis and racial and ethnic disparities in the application of California's three strikes law

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-102

  Chen, Elsa Y ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prosecutorial discretion; Race; Sentencing; Three Strikes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749277767     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377930802096462     Document Type: Article

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