Age structure and crime rates: The conflicting evidence

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 237-273

  Marvell, Thomas B ^a   Moody Jr , Carlisle E ^b  

^a Justec Research   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

age and crime; crime statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000599292     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: 15737799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01063233     Document Type: Article

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