Neighborhood inequality, collective efficacy, and the spatial dynamics of urban violence

Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 517-558

  Morenoff, Jeffrey D ^a   Sampson, Robert J ^b   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0013004499     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00932.x     Document Type: Article

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