Education and the crime-age profile

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-168

  Hansen, Kirstine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037256379     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/43.1.141     Document Type: Article

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