Structural conditions and racial homicide patterns: A look at the multiple disadvantages in urban areas

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 447-478

  Parker, Karen F ^a   McCall, Patricia L ^a  

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EID: 0039374814     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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