The racial politics of youth crime

Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-111

  Rios, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85008419368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230101470     Document Type: Chapter

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