Acceptance of killing and homicide rates in nineteen nations

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-265

  McAlister, Alfred L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Department of Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Homicide; International; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; CHILE; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; FINLAND; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALTA; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE; VENEZUELA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33745726834     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl007     Document Type: Article

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