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Crime, social status, and alienation

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This research was supported by Grant No. RO1 MH41579, Fran H. Norris, Principal Investigator, from the Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. We thank the staff and interviewers of Southern Research Services (Louisville, KY), and the University of Louisville Urban Studies Center for their help in collecting the data.

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Thompson, M.P., Norris, F.H. Crime, social status, and alienation. Am J Commun Psychol 20, 97–119 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00942183

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