Interpreting "percent Black": An analysis of race and violent crime in Washington D.C.

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-63

  Savage, Joanne ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Race; Violence; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746480814     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v04n01_02     Document Type: Article

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