Culture, Social Organization, and Patterns of Violence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 408-419

  Cohen, Dov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOMIE; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032133320     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.408     Document Type: Article

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