Social support, inequality, and homicide: A cross-national test of an integrated theoretical model

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 611-644

  Pratt, Travis C ^a   Godsey, Timothy W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Macro level crime rates; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642407208     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb00999.x     Document Type: Review

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