Making sense of recent U.S. crime trends, 1980 to 1996/1998: Age composition effects and other explanations

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-274

  Steffensmeier, Darrell ^a   Harer, Miles D ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; RAPE; REVIEW; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032856896     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427899036003001     Document Type: Review

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