Legal and extralegal factors affecting minority overrepresentation in Virginia's juvenile justice system: A mixed-method study

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-544

  McCarter, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent risk and resiliency; Disproportionate minority contact; Juvenile justice; Minority overrepresentation; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956346225     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-009-0185-x     Document Type: Article

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