Personality, socioeconomics and crime: An international comparison

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-125

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce D ^a   Brown, Jennifer M ^b  

^a International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Crosscultural; Human development index; Personality; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034563142     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160008410836     Document Type: Review

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