Citation

Axelrad S. Am. J. Sociol. 1952; 57(6): 569-574.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1952, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/221043

PMID

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Abstract

A group of Negro and a group of white delinquents in the same institutions were compared. The hypothesis that the courts commit on a differential basis was verified. The groups differed in age, number and seriousness of offenses, previous institutionalization, and family pattern.