Civic Community and Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of the Regions of Italy

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-40

  Gatti, Uberto ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b   Larocque, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0037256358     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/43.1.22     Document Type: Article

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