Pathways to Downward Mobility: The Impact of Schools, Welfare, and Prisons on People of Color

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 373-409

  Saenz, Rogelio ^a   Douglas, Karen Manges ^a   Embrick, David Geronimo ^a   Sjoberg, Gideon ^a  

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Author keywords

Criminal Justice System; Cultural Capital; Minority Student; Prison Population; Welfare Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873242528     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70845-4_19     Document Type: Chapter

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