Contemporary differences in rates and trends of homicide among European nations

Handbook of European Homicide Research: Patterns, Explanations, and Country Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-69

  Marshall, Ineke Haen ^a   Summers, Diana L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84964795451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0466-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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