Class differences and traffic deaths.
The transition of the East European countries from socialist to capitalist economies is marked by an exponential rise in traffic-related deaths. This increase is routinely ascribed to the rising numbers of privately owned cars; however, this explanation does not take into account the fact that, whi...
| Published in: | Perceptual & Motor Skills Vol. 83; pp. 1005 - 1007 |
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Ammons Scientific, Ltd.
December 1996 pt1
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507536837&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 507536837 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00315125 PSK jtl: Perceptual & Motor Skills issn: 00315125 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: December 1996 pt1 vid: 83 pid: 726 pub: Ammons Scientific, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 507536837 ppf: 1005 ppct: 2 formats: tig: atl: Class differences and traffic deaths. aug: au: Krus, David J. Nelsen, Edward A. su: Traffic accident related mortality Social classes Homicide Psychology Eastern Europe sug: subj: Eastern Europe Traffic accident related mortality Social classes Homicide Psychology ab: The transition of the East European countries from socialist to capitalist economies is marked by an exponential rise in traffic-related deaths. This increase is routinely ascribed to the rising numbers of privately owned cars; however, this explanation does not take into account the fact that, while in the Western societies the number of cars on the road and number of traffic deaths are positively correlated, in the postcommunist countries this correlation is negative. This finding is discussed within the framework of an hypothesis that class differences and related feelings of superiority contribute to homicides related to moving vehicles. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, 1996. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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