Crime: Social disorganization and relative deprivation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 719-731

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Kennedy, Bruce P ^a   Wilkinson, Richard G ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective wellbeing; Crime; Income inequality; Mortality; Relative deprivation; Social capital; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

CRIME; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; HOMICIDE; INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033026168     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00400-6     Document Type: Article

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