Disproportionate Minority Confinement of Juveniles: A National Examination of Black-White Disparity in Placements, 1997-2006

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-139

  Davis, Jaya ^a   Sorensen, Jon R ^a  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disproportionate minority confinement; disproportionate minority contact; juvenile referral; racial discrimination; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871518048     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709359653     Document Type: Article

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