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- Title
STUDY HABITS: PROBING MODERN ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS MINORITY OFFENDER DISPROPORTIONALITY.
- Authors
Davies, Sharon L.
- Abstract
Examines the efforts of the states of Oregon, Washington and Utah to assess the extent to which minorities are over-represented in their respective criminal justice systems and to seek out the root causes of any over-representation observed. Overview of the states' objectives and traditional pitfalls of similar analytical efforts; Determination of whether methodologies employed by the state research groups included sufficient quantitative and qualitative safeguards to ensure reliable results.
- Subjects
OREGON; WASHINGTON (State); UTAH; UNITED States; CRIMINAL justice system; RACE
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 2003, Vol 66, Issue 3, p17
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article