Unemployment, the Underclass and Crime in Australia: A Critique

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Watts, Rob ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030532093     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000486589602900101     Document Type: Article

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