Drinking and drift: An empirical application of soft determinism

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-41

  Brezina, Timothy ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942721173     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2001.9721615     Document Type: Article

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