Problems and promise of victimization surveys for cross-national research

Crime and Justice

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 229-287

  Lynch, James P ^a  

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EID: 33750991369     PISSN: 01923234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/502670     Document Type: Article

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