Rationing crime: The political economy of criminal statistics since the 1850s

Economic History Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 569-590

  Taylor, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001970874     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00105     Document Type: Article

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