A community responds to collective trauma: An ecological analysis of the James Byrd murder in Jasper, Texas

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-248

  Wicke, Thomas ^a   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective trauma; Ecological analysis; James Byrd murder; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS;

EID: 71149112134     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9262-8     Document Type: Article

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