Targeting lynch victims: Social marginality or status transgressions?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-436

  Bailey, Amy Kate ^a   Tolnay, Stewart E ^b   Beck, E M ^c   Laird, Jennifer D ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lynching; race; victim characteristics; victimization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARGINALIZATION; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79957607546     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411407736     Document Type: Article

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