Culture as a determinant of crime: An alternative perspective

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-360

  Burns, Ronald ^a  

^a Fort Worth Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRIME; CULTURAL INFLUENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034042093     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139160021972568     Document Type: Article

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