Policy Issues Regarding the Overrepresentation of Incarcerated Aboriginal Young Offenders in a Canadian Context

Youth Justice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-62

  Corrado, Raymond R ^a   Kuehn, Sarah ^b   Margaritescu, Irina ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aboriginal young offenders; juvenile justice system; racial minority group; Youth Criminal Justice Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898910418     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225413520361     Document Type: Article

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