A Longitudinal Analysis of the Welfare-Homicide Relationship: Testing Two (Nonreductionist) Macro-Level Theories

Homicide Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-60

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a   Cochran, John K ^b   Lowenkamp, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84992776002     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767902006001003     Document Type: Article

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