Reconsidering the relationship between welfare spending and serious crime: A panel data analysis with implications for social support theory

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-391

  Worrall, John L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Panel data analysis; Serious crime; Social support theory; Welfare spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844526678     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820500219094     Document Type: Article

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