Racial Prejudice and Spending on Drug Rehabilitation: The Role of Attitudes Toward Blacks and Latinos

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-163

  Nielsen, Amie L ^a   Bonn, Scott ^b   Wilson, George ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color coding; Drug rehabilitation; Drugs; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455245519     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-010-9035-x     Document Type: Article

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