Why is violent crime so common in the Americas?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-450

  Barber, Nigel ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaults; Mating effort; Murder; Parental investment; Rape; Single parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748564332     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20144     Document Type: Article

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