Joblessness, family disruption, and violent death in Chicago, 1970-90

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1465-1493

  Almgren, Gunnar ^a   Guest, Avery ^b   Immerwahr, George ^b   Spittel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.4.1465     Document Type: Article

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