Increasing inequalities in risk of murder in Britain: Trends in the demographic and spatial distribution of murder, 1981-2000

Health and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-54

  Shaw, Mary ^a,b   Tunstall, Helena ^c   Dorling, Danny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b South West Public Health Observatory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age group; Area deprivation; Britain; Murder; Sex; Time trends

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOMICIDE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644251752     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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