Bounded rationality, retaliation, and the spread of urban violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1739-1766

  Jacobs, Bruce A ^a   Wright, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

bounded rationality; retaliation; violence

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ANGER; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956215428     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354502     Document Type: Article

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