Assessing the impact of gender inequality on female homicide victimization across U.S. cities: A racially disaggregated analysis

Violence Against Women

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-63

  Vieraitis, Lynne M ^a   Williams, Marian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036107606     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010222182937     Document Type: Article

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