Neoliberalism, illiteracy, and poverty: Framing the rise in black women's incarceration

Western Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-249

  Alfred, Maryv ^a   Chlup, Dominiquet ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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