The political economy of urban homicide: Assessing the relative impact of gender inequality on sex-specific victimization

Violence and Victims

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-54

  DeWees, Mari A ^a   Parker, Karen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037315040     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.2003.18.1.35     Document Type: Article

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