Examining the impact of race and ethnicity on the sentencing of juveniles in the adult court

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-201

  Jordan, Kareem L ^a   Freiburger, Tina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Juvenile transfer; Juveniles; Race; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952314299     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403409354738     Document Type: Article

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