Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Structural Disadvantage and Crime: White, Black, and Hispanic Comparisons*

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-819

  Ulmer, Jeffery T ^a   Harris, Casey T ^b   Steffensmeier, Darrell ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84864843584     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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