White Perceptions of Whether African Americans and Hispanics are Prone to Violence and Support for the Death Penalty

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 519-544

  Unnever, James D ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

public opinion; punishment; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864067705     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427811415533     Document Type: Article

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