Bringing “booze” back in: The relationship between alcohol and homicide

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 3-38

  Parker, Robert Nash ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CRIMINOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; POVERTY; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL;

EID: 0028910406     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427895032001001     Document Type: Article

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