Judges' unequal contributions to extralegal disparities in imprisonment

Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 539-567

  Wooldredge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Judges; Prison sentences; Sentencing; Sentencing disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954277172     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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