Size matters: Examining the link between small manufacturing, socioeconomic deprivation, and crime rates in nonmetropolitan communities

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 581-602

  Lee, Matthew R ^a   Ousey, Graham C ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0035437973     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2001.tb01781.x     Document Type: Article

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