Poverty, Inequality, and City Homicide Rates: Some Not So Unexpected Findings

Messner's recent investigation of homicide and relative and absolute economic deprivation is replicated here, but cities rather than SMSA's and three years (1950, 1960, 1970) rather than one (1970) are considered. Because of tremendous intra-unit variation for SMSAs with respect to homicid...

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Main Author: Bailey, William C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1984
In:Year: 1984
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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