Race shapes perceptions of juvenile offenders in criminal court

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1660-1689

  Stevenson, Margaret C ^a   Bottoms, Bette L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 67651177801     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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