Rotter's Social Learning Theory and Fear of Crime: Differences by Race and Ethnicity

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-136

  Houts, Sandra ^a   Kassab, Cathy ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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