Using mortality data to refine our understanding of homicide patterns in select postcommunist countries

Homicide Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-135

  Stamatel, Janet P ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Draper 210B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Homicide; Mortality data; Postcommunism; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649012431     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907311246     Document Type: Article

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