The social structure of vengeance: A test of black's model

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 673-708

  Phillips, Scott ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Vengeance; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642293531     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01001.x     Document Type: Review

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