Latino employment and black violence: The unintended consequence of U.S. immigration policy

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1393-1420

  Shihadeh, Edward S ^a   Barranco, Raymond E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952120531     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0286     Document Type: Article

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