Violent Crime Rate Studies in Philosophical Context: A Destructive Testing Approach to Heat and Southern Culture of Violence Effects

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 740-756

  Anderson, Craig A ^a   Anderson, Kathryn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0030537521     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.4.740     Document Type: Article

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