Homicide, structural factors, and the racial invariance assumption

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-426

  Ousey, Graham C ^a  

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EID: 0039967154     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00491.x     Document Type: Article

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