The anonymity of African American serial killers : from slavery to prisons, a continuum of negative imagery
@inproceedings{Branson2011TheAO, title={The anonymity of African American serial killers : from slavery to prisons, a continuum of negative imagery}, author={Allan L. Branson}, year={2011} }
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