Returning to normality: Anomie and crime in China

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-51

  Cao, Liqun ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomie; Crime in China; Value change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRIME; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LITERATURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLITICS; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOMIE; CHINA; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846023003     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294427     Document Type: Article

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