Socioeconomic differences in violent victimization: Exploring the impact of data source and the inclusivity of the violence concept

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-583

  Aaltonen, Mikko ^a   Kivivuori, Janne ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Sirén, Reino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Register based research; socioeconomic status; survey; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870408465     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811422800     Document Type: Article

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