Perceptions of Consumer Racial Profiling and Negative Emotions: An Exploratory Study

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Higgins, George E ^a   Gabbidon, Shaun L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer racial profiling; general strain theory; negative emotions; racial profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650453033     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808325686     Document Type: Article

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