Exploring the racial discrimination and competition processes of race-specific violence in the urban context

Critical Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-254

  Parker, Karen F ^a   McCall, Patricia L ^b   Lane, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993711384     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08969205020280011401     Document Type: Article

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