Official hate crime statistics: An examination of the “Epidemic hypothesis”

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 73-85

  Byers, Bryan D ^a   Zeller, Richard A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344669158     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2001.9721135     Document Type: Article

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