Race, Ethnic, and Gender Divides in Juvenile Court Sanctioning and Rehabilitative Intervention

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-212

  Cochran, Joshua C ^a   Mears, Daniel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; gender; juvenile court; race; sanctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922657732     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427814560574     Document Type: Article

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