Self-control and criminal opportunity: A prospective test of the general theory of crime

Social Problems

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-113

  Longshore, Douglas ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0039758136     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097145     Document Type: Article

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