Linking crime rates to relationship factors: The use of gender-specific data

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-329

  Lo, Celia C ^a   Zhong, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33646797078     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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