Civilization, economic change, and trends in interpersonal violence in western societies

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-449

  Mares, Dennis M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civilizing process; Elias; history; violence; world system theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749138411     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609340401     Document Type: Article

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