Urban inequality and racial differences in risk for violent victimization

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 432-457

  Like, Toya Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic inequality; residential segregation; violent victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955415647     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708328442     Document Type: Article

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