Patterns of homicide in East St. Louis

Homicide Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-49

  Watkins, Adam M ^a   Decker, Scott H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged community; Disaggregate homicide trends; East St. Louis; Small city

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846006897     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767906296020     Document Type: Article

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