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Native Americans and Monetary Sanctions

Robert Stewart, Brieanna Watters, Veronica Horowitz, Ryan P. Larson, Brian Sargent, Christopher Uggen
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2022, 8 (2) 137-156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.07
Robert Stewart
aAssistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, United States
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Brieanna Watters
bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, United States
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Veronica Horowitz
cAssistant professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States
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Ryan P. Larson
dDoctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, United States
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Brian Sargent
eAssistant professor of public policy and sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
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Christopher Uggen
fRegents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, United States
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    • RESEARCH ON NATIVE AMERICANS AND MONETARY SANCTIONS
    • GEOGRAPHY, INEQUALITY, AND INDIGENEITY
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