Heterogeneity in the rise and decline of city-level homicide rates, 1976-2005: A latent trajectory analysis

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 363-378

  McCall, Patricia L ^a   Land, Kenneth C ^b   Parker, Karen F ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide trends; Latent trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149465680     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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