Market, Crime and Community: Toward a Mid-Range Theory of Post-Industrial Violence

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-172

  Currie, Elliott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

homicide; inequality; livelihood; market society; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000911606     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480697001002001     Document Type: Article

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