The Interactive Effects of Victim Race and Gender on Death Sentence Disparity Findings

Homicide Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-376

  Williams, Marian R ^a   Holcomb, Jefferson E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capital punishment; sentencing disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992816424     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767903262445     Document Type: Article

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