Violent Crime, Residential Instability and Mobility: Does the Relationship Differ in Minority Neighborhoods?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Quantitative Criminology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0748-4518,1573-7799
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-010-9093-7