Economic inequality and discrimination in sentencing

Social Forces

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 746-766

  Myers, Martha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84942576041     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/65.3.746     Document Type: Article

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