Crime, punishment and segregation in the United States: The paradox of local democracy

Punishment and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 454-481

  Lacey, Nicola ^a   Soskice, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American exceptionalism; crime; political economy; punishment; race; residential segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942847743     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474515604042     Document Type: Article

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