Legal ambiguity in managerial assessments of criminal records

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-204

  Lageson, Sarah Esther ^a   Vuolo, Mike ^b   Uggen, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923615855     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lsi.12066     Document Type: Article

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