Static and Dynamic Indicators of Minority Threat in Sentencing Outcomes: A Multi-Level Analysis

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-425

  Caravelis, Cyndy ^a   Chiricos, Ted ^b   Bales, William ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic threat; Hierarchical modeling; Judicial outcomes; Race and ethnicity; Social contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255127360     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-011-9130-1     Document Type: Article

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