Homicide through a different lens

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 823-838

  Morris, Patrice K ^a   Graycar, Adam ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

garrison constituencies; homicide; Jamaica; partisan politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051995510     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azr038     Document Type: Review

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