Unraveling the effect of offender citizenship status on federal sentencing outcomes

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 349-362

  Wolfe, Scott E ^a   Pyrooz, David C ^a   Spohn, Cassia C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Disparity; Federal courts; Immigration; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149469824     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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