Toward a social psychological profile of would-be rioters

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-226

  Russell, Gordon W ^a   Arms, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Crowds; Riots; Spectators; Sports; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032377487     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1998)24:3<219::aid-ab6>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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