Homicide in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 451-469

  Lysova, Alexandra V ^a   Shchitov, Nikolay G ^b   Pridemore, William Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84977595404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0466-8_29     Document Type: Chapter

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