The Social Ecology of Violent Victimization: Individual and Contextual Effects in the NCVS

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-32

  Lauritsen, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

NCVS; Risk; Victimization; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634558     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007574114380     Document Type: Article

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