The rise and decline of homicide - And why

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Blumstein, Alfred ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   Rosenfeld, Richard ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crime; Drags; Firearms; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033927584     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.505     Document Type: Article

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