A tale of two capitalisms: Preliminary spatial and historical comparisons of homicide rates in Western Europe and the USA

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-339

  Hall, Steve ^a   Mclean, Craig ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; homicide; neo liberalism; political economy; social democracy; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249091829     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609336496     Document Type: Article

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