The legacy of lynching and southern homicide

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-655

  Messner, Steven F ^a   Baller, Robert D ^b   Zevenbergen, Matthew P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMICIDE; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644451549     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000405     Document Type: Review

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