ERIC Number: EJ206915
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Hispanics in the Criminal Justice System--the "Nonexistent" Problem.
Mandel, Jerry
AGENDA, v9 n3 p16-20 May-Jun 1979
Though hidden from view by being considered "non-existent", the meager evidence indicates that Hispanics have an unusually high arrest and incarceration rate. Hispanic background is rarely asked on the six major sources of criminal justice statistics--statistics of arrests, courts, prisoners, juvenile delinquency, crime victimization, and public surveys. (NQ)
Descriptors: Crime, Criminals, Data Collection, Delinquency, Mexican Americans, Prisoners, Spanish Speaking, Statistical Data
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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