An extension and test of Sutherland's concept of differential social organization: The geographic clustering of Japanese suicide and homicide rates

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-355

  Baller, Robert D ^a,c   Shin, Dong Joon ^b   Richardson, Kelly K ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ANOMIE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JAPAN; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 21744436593     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.3.343     Document Type: Article

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