Historical origins of a cross-national puzzle: Homicide in Finland, 1750 to 2000

Homicide Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-89

  Savolainen, Jukka ^a   Lehti, Martti ^b   Kivivuori, Janne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol and violence; Cross national comparisons; Finland; Historical trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649014626     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907311850     Document Type: Article

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