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Applied Economics Letters Volume 13, 2006 - Issue 6
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Crime and community heterogeneity: race, ethnicity, and religion

Michelle W. Trawick Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Roy M. Howsen Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
Pages 341-345 | Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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