The Dangerous Drug Offender in Federal Court: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culpability

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-31

  Spohn, Cassia ^a   Sample, Lisa L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

drug offenders; federal sentencing guidelines; sentencing disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871484522     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708319928     Document Type: Article

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