What we know about social structure and homicide: A review of the theoretical and empirical literature

Violence and Victims

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-156

  Pidemore, William Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POVERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036254020     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.17.2.127.33651     Document Type: Review

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