The political context of the percent black-neighborhood violence link: A multilevel analysis

Social Problems

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-119

  Vélez, María B ^a   Lyons, Christopher J ^a   Santoro, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhoods; Political opportunity structures; Race; Social movements; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942342578     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spu005     Document Type: Article

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