Similarities in Homicide Trends in the United States and Canada: Guns, Crack, or Simple Demographics?

Homicide Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 348-359

  Sprott, Jane B ^a   Cesaroni, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84992812337     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108876702237344     Document Type: Article

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