Do strong communities increase homicide? an evaluation of the Nisbett-Cohen thesis

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 109-121

  Rivera, Craig ^a   Chu, Rebekah ^a   Loftin, Colin ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Moralistic; Predatory; Typology; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344384877     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330210790111     Document Type: Article

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