Single parenthood as a predictor of cross-national variation in violent crime

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-358

  Barber, Nigel ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaults; Mating effort; Murder; Parental investment; Rape; Single parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344286959     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104267479     Document Type: Article

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