Using Newly available Homicide Data to Debunk Two Myths about Violence in an International Context: A Research Note

Homicide Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-275

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84992791132     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767901005003005     Document Type: Article

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