The impact of gang violence on the decisions of everyday life: Disjunctions between policy assumptions and community conditions

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-161

  Puntenney, Deborah L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031481698     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.1997.tb00401.x     Document Type: Article

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