The social composition of homicide in Finland, 1960-2000

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-82

  Kivivuori, Janne ^a   Lehti, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Homicide; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748434781     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699306061900     Document Type: Article

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