Gender bias in the convergence dynamics of the regional homicide rates in Mexico

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-291

  Valdivia, Marcos ^a   Castro, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Convergence of crimes; Gender gap; Modernization conflict hypotheses; Spatial panel models

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; MODELING; MODERNIZATION; SPATIAL DATA; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84886293099     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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