Race and homicide in the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Kposowa, Augustine J ^a   Tsunokai, Glenn T ^b   McElvain, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Homicide; Inequality; Race; Social disadvantage; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746516732     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v04n01_01     Document Type: Article

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