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Patterns in Criminal Homicide
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Combining original research and a review of all major previous studies on criminal homicide in America, this study attempts to discover and to analyze patterns in criminal homicide from among almost six hundred cases that occurred in the city of Philadelphia between 1 January 1948, and 31 December 1952.
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- Wolfgang, M. E.
- Corresponding author
- Wolfgang, Marvin E.
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- University of Pennsylvania Press
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- 1958-12-31
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- criminal homicide, murder, Philadelphia, crime statistics
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