What really happened in New Orleans? Estimating the threat of violence during the Hurricane Katrina disaster

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-722

  Brezina, Timothy ^a   Kaufman, Joanne M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949089284     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802290504     Document Type: Article

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