Race, ethnicity, and experience: Modeling the public's perceptions of justice, satisfaction, and attitude toward the courts

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-310

  Higgins, George E ^a   Wolfe, Scott E ^a   Mahoney, Margaret ^a   Walters, Nelseta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts; Justice; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649099465     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377930903382282     Document Type: Article

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