News about murder in an African American newspaper: Effects of relative frequency and race and gender typifications

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Lundman, Richard J ^a   Douglass, Olivia M ^b   Hanson, Jason M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Robert A Underhill PC   (United States)

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EID: 3242667070     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb00012.x     Document Type: Article

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