Evaluating the competing assumptions of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) A General Theory of Crime and psychological explanations of aggression

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-21

  Armstrong, Todd A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Criminological theory; Generality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544473874     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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