The heritage of herding and southern homicide: Examining the ecological foundations of the code of honor thesis

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-300

  Baller, Robert D ^a   Zevenbergen, Matthew P ^b   Messner, Steven F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b GaltInsight LC ^*  (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

County level data; Herding; Southern homicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949155273     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427809335164     Document Type: Article

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