The uneven spread of school criminalisation in the United States: Paul Hirschfield explains why school misconduct in the United States, especially in the inner cities, is increasingly treated as crime

Criminal Justice Matters

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-30

  Hirschfield, Paul ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880446348     PISSN: 09627251     EISSN: 19346220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09627250802476775     Document Type: Article

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