A World of Homicides: The Effect of Economic Development, Income Inequality, and Excess Infant Mortality on the Homicide Rate for 165 Countries in 2010

Homicide Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-258

  Ouimet, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross national; homicide; inequality; poverty; wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863730690     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767912442500     Document Type: Article

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