Attributions and Institutional Processing: How Focal Concerns Guide Decision-Making in the Juvenile Court

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-256

  Harris, Alexes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Focal concerns; Juvenile justice; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455255275     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-009-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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