Macrostructural analyses of race, ethnicity, and violent crime: Recent lessons and new directions for research

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 331-356

  Peterson, Ruth D ^a   Krivo, Lauren J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance; Neighborhood effects; Racial ethnic inequality; Social control; Structural disadvantage; Urban crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644437464     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122308     Document Type: Review

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