Retraction statement: Ethnic threat and social control: Examining public support for judicial use of ethnicity in punishment (Criminology, (2011), 49, 2, (401-441), 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00225.x);Ethnic Threat And Social Control: Examining Public Support For Judicial Use Of Ethnicity In Punishment

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-441

  Johnson, Brian D ^a   Stewart, Eric A ^b   Pickett, Justin ^b   Gertz, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic threat; Public opinion; Racial threat; Sentencing; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956358472     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12235     Document Type: Erratum

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