Reconsidering the culture and violence connection: Strategies of action in the rural South

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 899-929

  Lee, Matthew R ^a   Ousey, Graham C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952258989     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510365867     Document Type: Article

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