Gender Sentencing of Rural Property Offenders in Iowa

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-226

  Koeppel, Maria D H ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender bias; rural crime; sentencing disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893510974     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403412465308     Document Type: Article

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