Linking societal and psychological factors to homicide rates across nations

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 515-536

  Lim, Flora ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^a   Bond, Mieko Kuchar ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Criminology and Home Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homicide; Psychological factors; Societal factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944491000     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105278540     Document Type: Review

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