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Kids, guns, and killing fields

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  1. the department of sociology, Tulane University, USA

    James D. Wright (Charles and Leo Favrot Professor of Human Relations), Joseph F. Sheley (associate professor of sociology) & M. Dwayne Smith (associate professor of sociology)

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He has written widely on problems of firearms and gun control, including two books. His is currently researching the effect of poverty on the urban underclass, alcohol and drug treatment programs for the homeless, and health and other social problems of street children in Latin America.

His most recent book is Criminology: A Contemporary Handbook.He is currently working on a book about firearms and juveniles.

He has written widely on such topics as understanding differences in rates of violent crime among various sub-population in the United States.

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Wright, J.D., Sheley, J.F. & Smith, M.D. Kids, guns, and killing fields. Soc 30, 84–89 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02719110

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