Serious crime in Urban neighborhoods: Is there a race effect?

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-533

  Shihadeh, Edward S ^a   Shrum, Wesley ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3142660419     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170490459502     Document Type: Article

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