An empirical test of tittle's control balance theory

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-342

  Piquero, Alex R ^a   Hickman, Matthew ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039252797     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00488.x     Document Type: Article

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