Producing race disparities: a study of drug arrests across place and race

In studies of race disparities in policing, scholars generally employ quantitative methodologies with the goal of determining whether race disparities exist or, in fewer instances, of ruling out correlates. Yet, lacking from theoretical and empirical efforts is an elucidation of how and why on‐the‐g...

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Main Author: Gaston, Shytierra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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