Fighting Over Trivial Things: Explaining The Issue Of Contention In Violent Altercations

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-94

  Griffiths, Elizabeth ^a   Yule, Carolyn ^b   Gartner, Rosemary ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonpartner violence; Relationship symmetry; Status contests; Trivial altercations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951890265     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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