The Impact of Women's Status and Gender Inequality on Female Homicide Victimization Rates: Evidence From U.S. Counties

feminist criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-73

  Vieraitis, Lynne M ^a   Britto, Sarah ^b   Kovandzic, Tomislav V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

female homicide victimization; gender inequality; women's status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956185455     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106294187     Document Type: Article

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