Southern culture and homicide: Examining the cracker culture/black rednecks thesis

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-96

  Lee, Matthew R ^a   Thomas, Shaun A ^b   Ousey, Graham C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 77649094346     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620902854761     Document Type: Article

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