Strangers in the night: An application of the lifestyle-routine activities approach to elderly homicide victimization

Homicide Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-159

  NELSEN, CANDICE ^a   Huff Corzine, LIN ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0038195957     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767998002002003     Document Type: Article

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