Assessing changes in the effect of divorce rates on homicide rates across large U.S. cities, 1960-2000: Revisiting the Chicago school

Homicide Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-51

  Beaulieu, Mark ^a   Messner, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago school; Divorce; Homicide; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049147055     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767909353020     Document Type: Article

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