Displaced, dispossessed, or lawless? Examining the link between ethnicity, immigration, and violence

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-581

  Stowell, Jacob I ^a   Martinez Jr , Ramiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Ethnicity; Immigration; Violence

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ETHNICITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547824423     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2007.02.011     Document Type: Review

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