Relative cohort size and age-specific arrest rates: A conditional interpretation of the easterlin effect

Criminology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-136

  Savolainen, Jukka ^a,b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0347450594     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb00885.x     Document Type: Article

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