Economic deprivation and changes in homicide arrest rates for white and black youths, 1967-1998: A national time-series analysis

Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 591-614

  Messner, Steven F ^a   Raffalovich, Lawrence E ^a   McMillan, Richard ^a  

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EID: 0039782291     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00934.x     Document Type: Article

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