An exploratory analysis of the detention Decision-Making process in one county juvenile department

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 23-47

  Hodge, Jessica P ^a   Greenleaf, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict theory; Detention; Ethnicity; Gender; Juvenile

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960262831     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v03n03_03     Document Type: Article

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