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Original Articles

Upward Departures from Structured Recommendations in Juvenile Court Dispositions: The Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

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Pages 514-540 | Received 03 Apr 2018, Accepted 26 Sep 2018, Published online: 16 Jan 2019

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