The limited role of changing age structure in explaining aggregate crime rates

Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 581-598

  Levitt, Steven D ^a  

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EID: 0040017894     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00497.x     Document Type: Article

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