Exploring the Impact of School Discipline on Racial Disproportion in the Juvenile Justice System

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1003-1018

  Nicholson Crotty, Sean ^a   Birchmeier, Zachary ^a   Valentine, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 70350324021     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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