Structural inequality and homicide: An assessment of the black-white gap in killings

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 645-672

  Vélez, María B ^a,c   Krivo, Lauren J ^b   Peterson, Ruth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Vengeance; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859695716     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01000.x     Document Type: Review

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