Black-white differentials in adult homicide mortality in the United States

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 435-452

  Rogers, Richard G ^a   Rosenblatt, Rebecca ^b   Hummer, Robert A ^b   Krueger, Patrick M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035457820     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0038-4941.00034     Document Type: Article

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