Riskneed assessment, sentencing and minority ethnic offenders in Britain

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1357-1371

  Raynor, Peter ^a   Lewis, Sam ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; discrimination; minority ethnic offenders; risk assessment; sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054890854     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr111     Document Type: Article

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