Examining Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 288-313

  Mitchell, Ojmarrh ^a   Caudy, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drug offending; race and crime; race and drug offending; racial crossover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922431833     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.761721     Document Type: Article

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