Collective Efficacy and Crime in Los Angeles Neighborhoods: Implications for the Latino Paradox

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-176

  Burchfield, Keri B ^a   Silver, Eric ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872553492     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2012.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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