Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Context in School-Associated Student Homicides

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2373-2390

  Kaufman, Joanne M ^a   Hall, Jeffrey E ^b   Zagura, Michelle ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic context and homicide; race ethnicity; school homicides; sex; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864254172     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511433516     Document Type: Article

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