A methodological addition to the cross-national empirical literature on social structure and homicide: A first test of the poverty-homicide thesis

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-154

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national analysis; Homicide; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549099982     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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