Youth unemployment and crime in the English regions and Wales

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-571

  Carmichael, Fiona ^a   Ward, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034074307     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322462     Document Type: Article

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