Who Do You Refer? The Effects of a Policy Change on Juvenile Referrals

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-461

  Mccluskey, John D ^a   Varano, Sean P ^b   Huebner, Beth M ^c   Bynum, Timothy S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; juvenile referrals; police discretion; policy change; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992905498     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403403261276     Document Type: Article

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