Explaining the race/ethnicity-violence relationship: Neighborhood context and social psychological processes

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-251

  Kaufman, Joanne M ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Macro micro link; Neighborhood context; Race ethnicity and violence; Social psychological processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844499721     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820500088986     Document Type: Article

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