Structure, Context, and Agency in the Reproduction of Black-on-Black Violence

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-55

  Bruce, Marino A ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^a   Mccall, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

context; race; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002322223     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480698002001002     Document Type: Article

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