Population growth, economic inequality, and homicide

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 491-516

  Lee, Matthew R ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035539973     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016396201753227709     Document Type: Review

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