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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > demography of law > economics of discrimination
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economics of discrimination  

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  • Across nations and throughout history, societies have fabricated disadvantaged classes. Typically, the creation of such classes involves complex social and legal conventions that operate to destroy human capital, and relegate the disadvantaged to economic marginalization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Discrimination, Economics Of]

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