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23 - Research on Social Structure and Cross-National Homicide Rates

from Part III - Individual and Interpersonal Factors for Violence and Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

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Meghan L. Rogers  and
William Alex Pridemore
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Alexander T. Vazsonyi ,
Daniel J. Flannery  and
Matt DeLisi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Daniel J. Flannery
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Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Matt DeLisi
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Iowa State University
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The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression , pp. 418 - 437
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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