The influence of political dynamics on southern lynch mob formation and lethality

Social Forces

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 757-787

  Hagen, Ryan ^a   Makovi, Kinga ^a   Bearman, Peter ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84888359422     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot093     Document Type: Article

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