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Racial Inequality in the Transition to Adulthood After Prison

Heather M. Harris, David J. Harding
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2019, 5 (1) 223-254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.1.10
Heather M. Harris
AResearch fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California
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Heather M. Harris, David J. Harding
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Heather M. Harris, David J. Harding
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