Volume 46 - Article 5 | Pages 131–146  

Early life patterns of criminal legal system involvement: Inequalities by race/ethnicity, gender, and parental education

By Courtney Boen, Nick Graetz, Hannah Olson, Zohra Ansari-Thomas, Laurin Bixby, Rebecca Anna Schut, Hedwig Lee

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