Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Boys’ Probability of Arrest and Court Actions in 1980 and 2000: The Disproportionate Impact of “Getting Tough” on Crime

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-95

  Stevens, Tia ^a   Morash, Merry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; ethnicity; juvenile justice; punishment; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912081670     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204013515280     Document Type: Article

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