Social isolation and lethal violence across the metro/nonmetro divide: The effects of socioeconomic disadvantage and poverty concentration on homicide

Rural Sociology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-131

  Lee, Matthew R ^a   Maume, Michael O ^b   Ousey, Graham C ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037348910     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00131.x     Document Type: Article

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