Why targets matter: Toward a more inclusive model of collective violence

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 821-841

  Martin, Andrew W ^a   McCarthy, John D ^b   McPhail, Clark ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77949388492     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400507     Document Type: Article

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