The Degree of Disadvantage: Incarceration and Inequality in Education

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-43

  Ewert, Stephanie ^a   Sykes, Bryan L ^b   Pettit, Becky ^c  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

high school graduation; incarceration; racial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888121621     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716213503100     Document Type: Article

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