Corn Consumption, Tryptophan, and Cross-National Homicide Rates
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Cross-national differences in homicide rates are traditionally attributed to socio-cultural factors, especially cultural values condoning and prescribing violence in response to insult or frustration (Wolfgang and Ferracuti, 1967; Ferracuti and Newman, 1974; Anderson, 1976), and culture-conflict engendered by rapid social change (Clinard and Abbott, 1973). However, the origin of these value differences remains unexplained
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تاریخ انتشار 2007