Reconsidering culture and homicide

Homicide Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-340

  Lee, Matthew R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; homicide; urban violence; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053618773     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767911424542     Document Type: Article

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