Recognizing Homicide as a Public Health Threat: Toward an Integration of Sociological and Public Health Perspectives in the Study of Violence

Homicide Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-205

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

criminology; homicide; public health; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992804314     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767903251105     Document Type: Article

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