Understanding Racial Differences in Exposure to Violent Areas: Integrating Survey, Smartphone, and Administrative Data Resources

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-62

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Calder, Catherine A ^a   Ford, Jodi L ^a   Boettner, Bethany ^a   Smith, Anna L ^a   Haynie, Dana ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity spaces; adolescents; exposure to violence; neighborhoods; social disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007021944     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716216678167     Document Type: Article

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