The effect of racial threat on interracial and intraracial crimes

Social Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 392-408

  D'Alessio, Stewart J ^a   Stolzenberg, Lisa ^a   Eitle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic competition; Interracial crime; Political competition; Racial threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036711080     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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