Homicidal events among Mexican American street gangs: A situational analysis

Homicide Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-306

  Valdez, Avelardo ^a   Cepeda, Alice ^a   Kaplan, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Homicide; Mexican Americans; Youth gangs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349122947     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767909336328     Document Type: Article

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